To me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be.

I give everybody the benefit of the doubt. Anything you get into, you should research it and figure its roots and try to really be a real strong part of it.

I focus more on the music and my message; I'm not a party type of guy.

I'm not better then anyone because of what I do, who I am and where I come from.

If you really want to be part of something and you have that much passion towards it, you'll know enough to research it and find the history of it; and history is so important, history is everything.

People don't understand what term "selling out" means. To me selling out means if I were to stop doing this and go work for McDonald's then I would sell out.

We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore.

You don’t need to provide your parents with a “success story” to share at gatherings.

It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.

Her face lay still on the air under his face.

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire.

Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers.

Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop.

No one has a right to occupy the privileged position all the time, so it should be contested. It should always be messy in there.

I've learned a lot about things because of the Internet. I'm happy with it, but it's a long road for me. I'm still definitely a little anti.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

I'm not going to sing something if it doesn't make sense to me, or if it makes me look like I'm begging someone or I'm weak, because that's not me.