Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.

If you don’t deal with your demons, they will deal with you, and it’s gonna hurt.

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.

What's exciting about being an artist, still, and what I'm really finding is awesome is that you can do it until you drop. I don't care how many lines I have on my face - I'll keep doing it!

The industry is a menace to artists.

We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.