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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.