I didn't think about having kids until like I was 48, 49 years old.
John Shanks is probably the biggest workaholic I've ever met in my life.
When I write a song, I want to write something that is really catchy and says something that might actually touch somebody.
I'm lucky I actually make a living making music.
Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice.
Never in my life have I met bigger rockstars than Sugar Ray.
If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.
I'm one of these guys who always feel like the outsider, you know? I'm always longing to be part of something, you know?
The only way you fail is if you quit. That has always sort of been pounded into my head.
So what if America loses its empire? We never should have had one in the first place.
We had always put ballads on all of our albums.
I love playing the songs that people love because it makes them happy.
I'm a songwriter.
I never underestimate luck and working hard.
A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.
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.
When I'm afraid of something, I'm going at it twice as hard. I don't believe any fear can be conquered by avoiding it.
I'm ashamed to say, but as a teen, there were times when I had to go to the church and get help.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like I'm in control but that I'm going along for the ride. And I'm a lousy passenger; I love to drive.
I just want my daughter to be respectful and nice to people. I want her to understand the importance of being humble.
I don't want to raise someone who feels entitled.
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 want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.
I need a long, cold winter.
I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.
Just call us the band that wouldn't die.
We're doing everything we can to help bands from Buffalo.
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.
The first guitar I ever owned was a Kay SG copy. That cost like $35. Man, that was a terrible guitar.
