I'm writing songs that connect to millions of people. And that happens for a reason. I don't really worry too much about people who aren't into it because that's the beauty of music. It's subjective. If every single person in the world loved our music, then that'd be weird.

There's no coherent stylistic genre specific advice that I could provide.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

I need to keep my dancing on the right side of weird, otherwise it might get a bit like "American Idol."

Its quite there sonically; a strong representation of what the songs on our records are like. It's very loud and our set is based around containing as much energy and dynamics as possible.

When I was young I was one of those kids that got pulled onstage at a Green Day concert. That was pretty awesome.

The main reason we understand what we're doing is because we're the individuals doing it. One of the things that surprises me is that all the songs are about me, and it's cool that people care.