We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems.

Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd.

The story behind every song is individual to itself.

I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane.

Avril Lavigne sold a massive amount of albums and she has to top that with her next release. We have four great albums behind us, and it's not going to be as hard to live up to that.

I'm not a betting man.

Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told.

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs.

Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song.

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

Remove this quote from your collection“Humans are born to build something outrageous.

I bow my knees and pray to God.

I always reminded myself that this wasn't exactly where I was meant to be, but pit stops are okay on the road of life, aren't they?

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours.

Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth at all. Character is as necessary in business as in trade. No man can deceive often in either.

About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.

They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think about national majorities.

I probably should be thinking of better ideas on how to promote myself, but I don't really spend a lot of time doing it. I really don't know how to promote effectively.