We never really set out to talk about California on the album ['California'], it was something that we noticed that was happening about three-quarters of the way through the recording process. We were looking at which songs we thought would make the record and we realised that there was this theme coming through. I think it's just a product of being in California for as long as I have.

The strongest human emotion is probably love. I think it's universal. I think that across language and country and time and everything else, probably love.

Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.

I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.

I feel like being in a band, you get license to be a kid forever.

The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human

The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent