11 Quotes by Kevin Lyman

Our goal is to give fans a six hour arena show with a multimedia experience of live music and activities for under $30 bucks.

We want tickets to be $25, to make it a bit more accessible for kids who might not be able to afford a $200 ticket to another benefit. We'll raise somewhere in the neighborhood of $350,000 to $400,000 for victims of Katrina, and we'll make kids feel like they were part of something larger.

Try to do it without these corporate relationships and charge $25 for 100 bands. It?s impossible.

We wanted them to have a good time.

Punk is the root of this. Everything else is an offshoot. Some of it sticks and some of it doesn't. The best bands rise to the top.

On Thursday morning, I turned on the TV and was horrified by what I saw. And then I couldn't sleep that night. So the next morning, I knew we had to do something, so I just sent out a mass e-mail to all the Warped family. And within 48 hours the whole thing started coming together.

On Thursday morning, I turned on the TV and was horrified by what I saw, ... And then I couldn't sleep that night. So the next morning, I knew we had to do something, so I just sent out a mass e-mail to all the Warped family. And within 48 hours the whole thing started coming together.

Some people had doubts about an African-American woman leading the congregation, but it just took one Sunday and everybody just loved her immediately.

Some people don't understand: That's what we're going for. They'll say, 'It should go on later. I can't get there until after work.' Well, the kids we're trying to reach can make it. I love that people over 19 come, but this is really for that 13-19 crowd.