Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.

I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for an alternative. It's not that I'm superior, but I know that my heart is in it more than people who get into music for other reasons.

You don't want to be conscious of everything.

I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is that... one band would be successful according to a certain approach, and then every other band in the label gets sent down the same tube.

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.

The architecture of the song, if it's built properly, can withstand all kinds of things.

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.