Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.

The visceral nature of hard rock music, the fact that you can have this sledge hammering sound - and that you can hook a lyric up and a feeling up to something and make the lyric jump into this machine that crushes. That has always been really attractive to me, that kind of power.

I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don't already know, and make me laugh. I don't care what you look like, just turn me on.

Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it.

If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?