I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey

It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now.

When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.

Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.

I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.