I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

I'm doing a little freelance work, and I think everybody's trying to take their minds off rock and roll for a little while and get some perspective.

Weirdly, I was still trying to be the older brother, and trying to get him [Tom Berninger] to try to be more like me a little bit. Or not be more like me but... I was frustrated that he sometimes let things stop him in his life, and he let the wind get knocked out of his sails a few times.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.