I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would like them to be more personal. The emotions, the songs themselves are personal. I can't do it - I've tried to write personally and it just doesn't seem to work. It would be too obvious. Some things that you could read in could fit into anyone's life that had any amount of pain at all. It's pretty cliche'.

I hate myself, and I want to die

I wish I would tell our audience that we don't hate them without sounding cheesy.

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.