I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour and I write and I write. And I send them to the guys, and we start planning our studio ventures.

People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people "crazy," we exclude them from our circle.

Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

There are real teachers out there; I don't pretend to have their mantle.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?