I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put some teeth into something.

We were not a band that typically would say, "Hello, Whatever Town!"

Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format.