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.

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

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

It's not hard to connect with the music on an emotional level and get inside the songs. It's odd, very vulnerable, and slightly embarrassing to be standing and singing and playing music in front of a bunch of strangers.

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

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.

When you realize that the baby's healthy and born, it's a release and you're so happy.