"The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it."

"I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get your chops up, you can play like an Eddie Van Halen or a Steve Vai. But nobody can do what Thurston Moore does; he's his own guy. He talks through his instrument in a language that's all his own."

"These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear."

"We've always wanted to do it, something you could dance to, and deep down we always thought we could bring something to the table if we could do it, but the live shows always made us pull back and be a rock band."

"It is a radiant truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them."

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

"Man is only great when he acts from passion."