Quotes from Davey Havok

We've been polarizing for different reasons. For one thing, my voice is very polarizing. It sits in this place that either appeals to people or really puts people off. I can understand that.

I heard recently that I used to date Patrick Swayze.

But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.

There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.

For us, the pressure comes from internal matter of having recorded eight records.

The 'Burials' title really speaks to all the different levels that are on the record. It speaks to silence and panic and anxiety and loss of self and isolation and those different levels of hiding.

To me, 'Crash Love' is the most stripped-down record that we've made since the early Nineties, and I would say that 'I Hope You Suffer' is indicative of the overall tone of this record in being the opposite of that.

As far as fiction goes, as far as everything from Dr. Seuss to Oscar Wilde to Bret Easton Ellis. Ray Bradbury. There's just tons of stuff that I love. Neil Gaiman!

Animals are sentient creatures. I love them very much. I do not feel that we have the right to torture, murder, and abuse them for our own disgusting dietary and fashion wants and needs.

When I was sent to public school, I was relieved that I could wear what I wanted to wear.

Whatever show I go to, no matter what it is - and I go to a lot of them - people say, 'Wow, I'd never expect to see you here.' I always say, 'Where do you expect to see me?'

I've heard there are vegan corn dogs - I don't know if that's true but, jeez, I'd love to eat one of them.

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself.

I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself and others.

I'm a moron because I don't want to lie in a gutter puking over myself... yeah right

Due to the world I've been part of in creating art for so many years, I feel really connected to pop culture and what younger people are talking about.

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

That type of autograph, pictures and apparel thievery was not part of what I grew up with. I loved the artists and their music. I would be thrilled to meet them, but the thought of getting a scribble or stealing an article of clothing never occurred or appealed to me.

Historically speaking, the books I usually connect with the most are written in first-person narrative.

Straight edge came out of the hardcore scene. I don't necessarily believe, as some people believe, that you have to be a part of the hardcore scene to share that philosophy and stance against recreational drug use. But it is where it came from, and it is where it influenced me to be a part of it.

I was the freak who moved into the nice neighborhood.

The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.

I attribute a lot of the success to Live 105, of course, because it's something they've nurtured and grown.

I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.