I want the material I make to be mine; that's always the goal of the record and of the show.

When you're playing for 30 people and you're jumping around stage, screaming, getting in peoples faces and acting cocky you're kind of poking fun at yourself.

You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're saying.

I do try to pick music that is from different worlds and typically doesn't flow together. When you do that, you get songs with conflicting messages, but for me, it's on a musical level first and foremost.

It's easy to hate on things that are close to your world that aren't exactly what you're doing.

I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.

I was into alternative stuff, but I was also open to a little bit of hard rock and metal, like Guns N' Roses, Metallica.