"I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised."

"There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience."

"I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other."

"If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV."

"It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it."

"Actually, if I don't eat healthy food I don't feel good. For me, I crave healthy food."