I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the way I should do things.

As a kid I just felt like an outsider.

Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanthropic view of the world, but to have an opinion, you can't be a nihilist.

I think people have to take responsibility for their own actions.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something.

The idea of heaven is Christianity's way of creating a hell on earth.