Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a living at it, do it.

The most spiritual place you can be in your life is when youre being very real, when youre not allowing everybody and everything to influence your decisions and your moods, and whats morally right or ethically right.

There are very few interviews I turn down, because I really dig talking to people and hanging out.

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

When I was a kid in Eugene, Oregon, there was this fantastic guitar player who went out on the tables, chairs, out in the audience and played. So I started taking my guitar in the audience. I tripped, fell backwards and ripped my pants.

I want to embrace all of this: touring, going to Europe, Canada, Australia. I want to travel the world, just have a great hang, and hopefully, be a messenger.