I think we got started like all bands. We wanted to make some noise, hang out, and have some fun. Remember, we're from Buffalo - there isn't really that much to do. When we started we were a cover band and slowly developed our own material.

There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact, I almost hate me

Things just evolve. I sort of have no control over what happens with the songs. Sometimes I'm afraid I might wake up one morning with an entire record of polka songs.

I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

Yes, we started out as the Sex Maggots, then became the Goo Goo Dolls, well, and we're still the Goo Goo Dolls!

I wasn't good at sports and I needed a way to make girls like me.

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.