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

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.

It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead

I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

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.

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

For me, it's important to get back to fundamentally what it feels like to be an American. We all come from different backgrounds, but we come together and create this world. It's like a microcosm for the rest of the world. I want people to feel unity when they come to a show.