You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.

I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them.

If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot!

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs.

I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.

Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level... Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.