Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.

When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.