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

I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party, and you live your hell on earth.

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.

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

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

We work super hard to not have to work

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.