I'm a nostalgic person and I really like rehashing and digging around the mental trunks.

There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.

So, I'm on Sesame Street, walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. Sesame Street is just a crazy great place to be.

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

There's nothing better than not knowing what's going to happen until you put the pieces together.

All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.

I had a guitar leaning against the wall and I'd squint at it. It was almost like a dog that had been kicked - I didn't think I had anything to offer it.