Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.

I prefer to be an equal-opportunity offender of the guitar.

Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird.

If I weren't in the band, I would be a fan.

The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.

I'm in a band. I have the basic idea, but when you surround yourself with really good players, why would I tell anyone what to play, because they're that good. They don't tell me what to play. They might encourage me, so that's what I do. I encourage them.

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.