I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

No one is you, and that is your power.

If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.

Everybody has their weaknesses.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

A company can seize extra-ordinary opportunities only if it is very good at the ordinary operations.

Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change.

You can't play well if you don't look good.

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.