We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity.

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.