What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.

I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I would. That's how I started. All that sort of stuff reminds you to stay true to the essence of what art is about.

Even though it's an unpopular paradigm, wear your heart on your sleeve, and mean what you say. Believe in what you say, and there will be a time for that. Maybe that time hasn't come yet, but there will be a time for that.

What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.

As a band, it's just me trying to please my own basement-hardcore sensibilities that I grew up with. It's not actually the future of anything, it's totally nostalgia.

People aren't really paying attention when they're listening to your record, so unless you're shouting exactly what you want them to hear, they don't pay attention.

The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic.