I have an aversion to conformity.

Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect.

I felt that we started to go through the motions. Our hearts weren't there. Because we were always working on the band, and it became more about selling records than about writing and being passionate. That's why I ultimately lost interest. I don't want to speak for everybody, but I personally started to lose interest because we were doing it for the wrong reasons. It became monotony and it just wasn't fun anymore. Yeah, an obligation.

I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself.

I don't listen to my own stuff unless I've been drinking a lot.

Trying to be creative, yet having to deal with the day to day - I mean, there is a lot of stuff to deal with. Like sitting at the computer and sending emails.

There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff.