“To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence”

“I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life”

“Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.”

“Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.”

“In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.”

“I used to be a little boySo old in my shoesAnd what i choose is my choiceWhat's a boy supposed to do?The killer in me is the killer in youMy loveI send this smile over to you”

“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God”