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

Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.

I hate saying that youth is wasted on the young since it's so f**king stupid, but I think you realize if you're fortunate enough to realize what you have, you don't want to sleep as much or squander any time. It's weird, but early in your career you don't stop to smell the roses since you're too busy picking them.

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

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.

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