For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.
I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
I'm very monogamous.
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.
When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.
School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobody's perfect, so why practice?
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.
There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.
Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life.
