If things are too perfect, people are always so afraid that it's going to change, so they ruin it themselves.

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

I did vote Obama. But I've never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system.

I've always been paranoid about the police, because even when I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm thinking about doing something illegal. So, whenever I'm around a cop, I get uncomfortable and nervous, worried that I'll say the wrong thing or look so guilty they'll arrest me anyway. Being completely out of my mind on drugs doesn't help the situation any.

Dear God, if you were alive, you know we'd kill you.

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

The record is about seeing death and growing from it, and in the end, being strong and being alive.