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.

When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like you. You end up sounding like somebody else. You end up getting what the record company thinks they can market.

Grab life by the balls and squeeze.

A turtle does come in it's own bowl

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

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

I'm an optimist, so I believe in some sort of life after death; I don't know what kind.