My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

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

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.

Once you do have a child you want to talk about every detail of it. And it is really boring to all your friends and it should be.

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