I kinda like the duality of California and the dark side, the underbelly of California, and I think that's what this album ['California']feels like - there's endless hope and optimism but there's also a darker side.

The collectability of music is something lost in the age of MP3s and album downloads. Holding an album in your hands and having the full-sized artwork reconnects the artist and the listener.

I like to get Honey Combs, and Apple Jax, and Captain Crunch Berries and mix them all together, but I'm freak and I use water instead of milk.

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

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

Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.

All the really pretty girls get pregnant.