Some of our favorite bands are, like, Third Eye Blind and Counting Crows, and stuff like Danny Elfman and Jon Brion movie scores.

We never set out to be this punk rock band that's going to stay small and tour in a van forever. We wanted to take our band to a level where we could do everything we want to do.

I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a band and force people to like them or you can just find good bands and people will like them anyway.

We want to be good at our craft, whether it's writing music or playing it live.

It's kind of disappointing and disgusting in a way, how some people are focusing on how we look.

I've seen those kids at the shows, I can hear them, and I can certainly tell the difference between one of our fans and a Fall Out Boy fan who's just there because they heard we were hot.

I'm usually the bad guy. That's how it always seems to be.

A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact that ours are different from a lot of other bands.

Most songs on the radio are so straightforward and it just doesn't open up people's minds.

I would never have thought I would see Axl Rose, someone who was so important to rock 'n' roll.