My songs are about not knowing who to be and not knowing how to act.

Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.

I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.

Physically touring is tough on me, not that I am weakling. I lose weight. I can't always find the things I need to keep my strength up. It is very draining physically. It is taxing for my mind and body, but in a good way. It feels healthy in a way to purge things out of my system every night.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.

I have many moods, and there is no objective reality. And I kind of live by that.