To speak up and stand by my guns the entire time...To stand by my methodology. That's why I kind of made myself the producer.

Nirvana's amazing, but they're just never going to find another one, there's no artist development anymore, you're never going to have a U2, you're never going to have a Bruce Springsteen, those guys didn't make it off of their first single and real artists probably won't make it off of their first singles.

We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.

I've learned enough things the hard way to know we humans can make a difference.

You just have to follow your own heart. I listen to so many different kinds of music and at the end of the day you want to make a record that you're super proud of.

I have to stay positive and live for today and tomorrow.

There's never the same road. It's always, every time it's always a different road.