“You can’t go voicing something if it’s just not right.”

We are not afraid to be entertainers.

When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.

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.

The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.

I threw a big-ass party. It turned out a bit different from Perry’s [in That’s Ordinary World], but it was pretty nuts. It wasn’t me that threw it though, my wife threw me a surprise party. So [unlike Selma Blair’s character] she didn’t forget.

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.

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.

History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.

If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I’m sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.

It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.

Punk will never be dead to me. It’s my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.

I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.

I got body lice in Germany! I’d tell you they were crabs, but I wasn’t getting laid.

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.

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 think it’s really easy to forget that – I’d sooner play something musical than flash, and as I can’t play anything flash.

Actually, when you’re doing something you love, even when you’re busy and it’s hectic you don’t feel the need to relax.

I’ve always felt that I’m in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.

For me working on the marriage and not making the easy choice of cheating was something that I could not do.

It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.

No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written.

It adds a little action and gives the fans something to look at rather than the monotonous routine, no matter how perfectly the play is made.

Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.