I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better.

Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.

Every one of those old songs like "What's My Age Again?" and "All the Small Things" is like a tattoo or a scrapbook or an old photograph. There are just songs that define certain moments in your life. Everyone has a song that got them through a bad breakup or they put on and it made them feel like they wanted to go out and kick the world's ass with their friends on a weekend. Those songs still feel like that to me.

Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet.

If something is wrong with you, hate someone else for it

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.