I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.

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.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

We are all artists

You would rather opt for death than give up. Because, what a way to live a mediocre life by choice?

I refer to them as miracles-although some may call them fortunate circumstances-because I believe there are no accidents or surprises with God.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.