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.

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.

I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned that I was dead. Where else would I find these things?

What do you mean, I'm a wild front man! I'm jumping all over, I do the dance moves.

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!