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It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.

I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front.

we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

My parents were hippies.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

I had a very modest upbringing.

Because I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.