I think age is just a stupid number.

I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

I think when people are jumping on top of each other's ideas, it elevates it a lot more than me going into the studio and working on something all by myself for a while.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

Why do scuba divers fall backwards off a boat? Because if they fell forwards they'd still be in the boat.

There's no doubt that the ready availability of music online has created a thousand more opportunities than it's destroyed.