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.

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.

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.

Take care of your colon and your colon will take care of you.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out?

We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.

Evidence exhausts the truth.

Your ability to remain alive never ceases to amaze me.

I nicknamed everyone in the gym. It was easier than remembering their names.

One can never go back. One always has to move forward.

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.