There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.

Sometimes you get an audience that's looking to just explode.

Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time.

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.