I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics.

I have so many plans! Sometimes it's hard to keep up because at this point it's just been me and the little bit of help my label gives me.

I can write songs without a guitar.

I grabbed my drummer's cymbal in my teeth just as he crashed down on it with his sticks-I blacked out. I was a punk in those days. It was in Seattle. I still have all my teeth too, it's amazing.

Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.

I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.

When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw the Destruction of so many great musicians and artists.