I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.

Being in two full-time rock bands is pretty impossible. I love to tour but I have a dog and I want to see him. And, being a songwriter, you have to have experiences and do things. You can't just go on tour all the time, otherwise you get nothing to write about. It's finally at a point where the balance is perfectly right.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.

I like driving. I'm a real sucker for driving across North America - I never get sick of it, ever.

I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe.

It's like sometimes, you can just lay back and it takes the pressure off of you.