All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.

Once you're dead, you're made for life.

Your people I do not understand, so to you I shall put an end, and you'll never hear surf music again.

Music is going to break the way because music is in a spiritual thing of its own. It's like the waves of the ocean. You can't just cut out the perfect wave and take it home with you.

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction...All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland...I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around...Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

I use to live in a room full of mirrors, all I could see was me.

You've got to know much more than the mere technicalities of notes. You've got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.