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

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

If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today

There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We have our gripes and stuff like that. All bands have their drama, but life is too short to be miserable around somebody that you don't like.

Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.

Early on I learned to question everything. But I feel like everything is so divisive right now. Going against the grain would be to not be divisive and be inclusive. That's the disruptive way to go about it.

We work super hard to not have to work