We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

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

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.

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.