I feel that's important that I have some place to go that isn't on the cover of a magazine. I signed up to make music.

There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.

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

I don't really believe in the use of drum machines live.

I'm really excited about the remixes. I've always been a fan of electronic music and I'm thinking about that very seriously for the next record as well.

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

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.