I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.

I like to write about things that are dark or twisted. Where the poetry seems to be is when you start in the dark and reach for the light - that's what makes it not depressing to me.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better.

The beauty's in the scars.