I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane.

Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd.

The story behind every song is individual to itself.

Avril Lavigne sold a massive amount of albums and she has to top that with her next release. We have four great albums behind us, and it's not going to be as hard to live up to that.

I'm not a betting man.

Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told.

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems.

Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs.

Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song.

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

He wanted to tell the baby that Paris was like a poem in stone.

Dedicated to all those who say: "I don't have time for analytics" or "I don't understand analytics".

Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.

The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character.

Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.

The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy.

Everybody's vote should count equally in the United States.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

Do your own thing; always follow your dreams and don't feel limited by what someone prescribes to you as to what you should do. Expand your horizons, try new things, be adventurous.