I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.

As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.