I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band.

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.

I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good.

Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums and I'll always go with it.

Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives.

Pully, hauly, tug with a will; the gods wiggle waggle, but the sky stands still.

I know death comes. I've seen too much death, young death.

We are all damaged goods in recovery.

The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues.You can't separate them. They're wedded.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing.

I can always go back to waiting tables, but I won't be very good at it. I'll never be good at it.

I love myself...I love you. I love you...I love myself.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. One stroke at a time, one step at a time, the impossible is easy to achieve.