There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music.

You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

The live experience and the recorded experience are totally different. When you're recording an album, you won't be able to immerse people in sound. When you play live, you want to grab people on the visceral level. They're completely different.

I think there's real currency in pop culture.

After a while, you start to believe that your opinions are more valid than everyone else's. It can be hard to be humble about making really good music; you really believe that you're a savior to music. That's why bands don't like each other.

There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music.