I feel a whole lot of gratitude for having hits.

I don't write a lot of fiction.

Everyone goes To L.A. to be noticed. I went there to be completely invisible.

Every day somebody comes up to me and says, 'That song really helped me through a difficult time,' or 'That's me and my wife's song' or 'This song means something to me because of... ' It's humbling to hear that. You're something special in someone's life, even if it is for three minutes.

I'm one of those guys who always has that kind of underlying anxiety kind of always creeping around in the background.

I like George Will, I don't agree with him particularly, but he's probably the smartest conservative out there.

Just call us the band that wouldn't die.

I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.

In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you can't do that.

I don't want to raise someone who feels entitled.

I think about my daughter when I'm doing stuff, and I want to see it through her eyes, and I want her to be proud of me, for what I do.

We're living pretty interesting lives, we are traveling the world, we are going everywhere... it has been pretty cool! I'm so lucky to have been able to do all of that.

I hated high school.

I think people get a little resentful when they were there at the beginning, when they supported you when you played in front of nobody - which we still do. They get a little resentful when they have to share with new people. That's why I want to really look out for the people who've been with us from the beginning.

We started the band when I was about 19 or 20. At that age, it would have been kind of hard to imagine a lot of the stuff that I've written. We were playing garage rock. I wanted to dash out three chords and scream. But if you do that for 20 years, what's the point?

Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.

Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.

I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.

I don't want people messing with my sound, my stuff.

As a society, when you have your mortality slapped in your face, it changes you.

I'm not trying to chase a radio hit, but at a certain time, you can't make the same album over and over.

If people are spending money to hear us, they better go home happy.

When KROQ played 'Name,' that was the turning point for us.

You can hate my band, I really don't care what your opinion is.