My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

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.

Beauty surrounds us.

Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down?

Faith in yourself and faith in God are the key to mastery of fear.

The image of God, then, involves gender identity and complementarity. God created gender in duality as male and female.

I have a message for all of you. The crime and violence that today afflicts America will soon - and I mean very soon - come to an end.

The second most important attribute of winners, after understanding the human dimension, is knowing what questions to ask, the rhetorical nature.

I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

If the Republican Party continues to ignore its conservative base, then the Party is headed to oblivion.

[I write] intuitively, reflexively, as if skiing down a steep mountain slope with no time to think.

I think in all small towns, all kind of working class communities around the world. They are kind of similar.