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I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.
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I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!
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Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation - that people's families and their young kids are being affected.
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This never gets old, and when it does, I'll go do a movie. I like the fact that I can get into other projects because everything feels fresh when I come back to music.
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The darkness is coming now god dammit!
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I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!
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A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can't wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you're a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
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Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
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That's the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It's totally unpredictable.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.
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I wanna survive an avalanche. I wanna be one of those people a dog finds buried under a ton of snow, almost dying of starvation.
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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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I got body lice in Germany! I'd tell you they were crabs, but I wasn't getting laid.
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The thing is, my education was music. I knew I'd be playing music no matter what. That's all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I'm still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes.
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If me and Mike Dirnt are in the same room, it's not quite right if he's not on stage with me.
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.