A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things.

I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.