I had hit a critical period in my life, where I changed very much as a person. I consider the person I used to be, dead, and I'm glad that he is. Insecure, frightened, confused, much like a lot of people I know today.

One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.

Treat each other the way you would like to be treated.

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but I was subjected to my own thoughts for forty minutes without any sensory input, and I couldn't stand what I thought.