I Think People Should Feel Encouraged To

It's Important To Me That People Feel Connected To The Band Through The Music, You Know? I Don't Want It To Be Wallpaper. I Don't Want It To Be Background Music. I Want It To Be Clear: This Is The Song. These Are The Words. If You Feel The Same Way As I Do, Sing It As Loud As You Can.

A Lot Of People From My Generation Of Music Are So Focused On Playing Things Correctly Or To Perfection That They're Stuck In That Safe Place.

It's Nice When People Are Happy To Hear That You're Still Alive, Rather Than Feeling Like "oh, Finally He's Dead?"

I Have Crazy Claustrophobic Dreams, Weird Elevator Dreams Where The Elevator Closes In And All Of A Sudden I Am Lying Down - Oh My God, It's A Casket. Just Freaky Stuff Like That.

I Believe The History Of American Music Is Just As Important As Anything Political Because It's Changed Generations Of People.