Quotes from Matt Skiba

There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often.

I think who I am as a person on and off the stage is always kind of the same thing, but I don't take a lot of things very seriously.

Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do.

I grew up on Michael Jackson, Pat Benetar, and Van Halen - all the things coming out of the television.

There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy.

Being a drummer definitely influences how I play guitar. And then piano influences drumming and vice versa.

I miss the videos that are short films, back when MTV played videos all day.

My parents are both war veterans; they met in Vietnam. They were involved in a war that they absolutely disagreed with.

I've written songs about love or about a relationship, but never just, 'I love you.'