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.

There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.

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.

A turtle does come in it's own bowl

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

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