I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with Paris, ranging on the obsessive. I'm repulsed by her, but because of her notoriety, she has access to an audience.

I want the words to be read in conjunction with the music.

It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all.

Nobody starts a band to make friends; you do it because of the music.

I never understood the low art/high art distinction.

I'm finding it hard to listen to other rock bands. It's been hard for me for a long time, but now I can't listen to any new bands at all.

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.