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

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

Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.

Grab life by the balls and squeeze.

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

I look at my kids as the Harry Potter Generation. There's a sense of justice about that, in beating Voldemort. It's a classic tale of good versus evil. To have a role model like Harry Potter that says you can defeat evil, but still be a complicated human being. That gives me a lot of hope.

First and foremost, I want people on concerts to have a really great experience away from the negative press and negative stuff that you see on the news and Facebook. I don't even like seeing people's cell phones. Let's have a human experience and rub up against each other, you know.