You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live
I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I'm sleeping.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.
Our Fans are the best fans in the world , don't mess with them
I'm strong on the outside, not all the way through. I've never been perfect, but neither have you.
I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.
As an artist, I want a reaction.
I don't go out and pick fights.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.
I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping
You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
We like playing smaller venues, but we know how many people want to come and see us so we don't ever want to stop anyone who wants to come to a show from coming.
We're not a political band, we're a socially-minded band.
We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.
For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
If fans come up to me, I talk to them.
Touring for two years is excruciating.
We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.
Once we start hitting lyrical themes that can whack you from all these different perspectives, we know we're onto something special.
Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like.
I don't go out and pick fights.
Well, we promised our fans that we'd put out records faster, and that's what we're doing. We figured out a way to condense our cycle, so to speak, by... continuing to write, trying to keep the creative ball rolling as often as possible.
It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.
This is a business of love and labor.
We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.
I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.
To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird.
I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.
My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside.
What’s the worst thing I've stolen? Probably little pieces of other people’s lives. Where I’ve either wasted their time or hurt them in some way. That’s the worst thing you can steal, the time of other people. You just can’t get that back.
I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.
Alright...here's the deal. What's happening in this piece is very simple, over here on this side...you see that there is a very scared little kinda guy over there...wanna know why he's scared? Because this guy over here is trying to eat him.
Atom bombs, something's wrong. D.E.A sent to Guam. Acid Trips, big fat chics. Purple Finstone Vitamins.All the needy rich are greedy. I find out you don't need me. Berlin wall starts to fall. I trip out to the wall. Hooray Horrah
