Brendon just likes to make a scene sometimes.
Brendon's more of a Peter Gabriel fan, and I'm more of a Ray Davies fan.
Don't get me wrong, The Beatles are one of our all-time favourite bands, but there's a lot more we were influenced by.
Even when we were stuck touring, earning $100 a day, I never thought I'd even make it that far.
I always said as long as I had enough money to feed myself and have a place to eat then I'd be doing music.
I don't think I listen to anything that I did when I was 17. I've changed a great deal.
I forgot that being in a band was this much fun.
I just couldn't keep on trying to please people. It was hindering my creative output, and I had to be honest with myself.
I know as far as I'm concerned, I'm getting really excited about writing, and I'm taking guitar and vocal lessons.
I think that everybody kind of changes a lot between the time they're seventeen and when they're twenty-one or twenty-two.
I was really into Blink-182 and punk bands like NOFX and MXPX.
I would never have thought I would see Axl Rose, someone who was so important to rock 'n' roll.
I'm usually the bad guy. That's how it always seems to be.
I've gotten to see the world and play music with my friends.
It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.
You don't realise how long three years is until you go away and write an album.
Sometimes I'm not as open to loving.
It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.
Keith Richards has some sort of quote that says 'it takes two people to write a song,' and I'm of that school of thought, too.
Most songs on the radio are so straightforward and it just doesn't open up people's minds.
We want to be good at our craft, whether it's writing music or playing it live.
We got really excited by Motown and early '60s soul music that was fun sounding.
When I was about six, I was kind of a cowboy. I'd dress up in boots, straps, hat and bandanna, and my dad would take us to the rodeo.
When I started playing music, all I was hearing was whatever was on the radio.
