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

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

Music's awesome, it's the closest thing we have to magic.

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

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

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

For me, when you get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there's a side of me that goes, "What does that mean? Are you still relevant after that? Do they put you on the shelf along with the award?" I don't know, but that's the last thing we wanted.