Quotes About Author

I have a song called 'Waffles Are Better Than Pancakes.' If I can't be goofy, I'll go insane.

I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.

'Crazy Story,' biggest song for sure. Everybody love 'Crazy Story.'

'Take Her Up to Monto' is a very satirical song. I don't really like people calling it a folk song because it kind of isn't. It's a bit cheeky calling it 'Take Her Up to Monto,' but the whole idea was to be very irreverent.

Britannia High' is not set in a high school where people burst into song and dance for no reason. It's a performing arts school, so there is a legitimate reason for them to sing and dance.

My biggest ritual is writing at home more than on the road. I do very little writing on the road. Actually, it's funny to bring this into it, but one thing I always do is have a cup of coffee. I drink the most coffee when I'm writing songs.

I downloaded ProTools - legally, of course... and I wanted to impress girls by making remixes of songs.

I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.

If I had a label, everything would have been easier. But it wouldn't have been the same album, from the cover art to the songs on it.

I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.

As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them.

No, my son's a songwriter and he does that.

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

It's not a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff that's current, only as a songwriter.

I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever met in my life and had the pleasure to work with.

The personality and songwriting of Holy Ghost! trumps the originality card any day.

My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

The 'Sodajerker' podcast is the work of Liverpool songwriting duo Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor.

I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.

Whenever you went into any place where there was Michael Jackson footage at Sony, it was like going through Homeland Security.

Sony is looking at 'Descender' as a franchise of films rather than just one movie.

One of the things I wish Sony would do is get behind 'Borderlands,' because I'd love to see a Vita version of the game.

I had a great, long run with Sony Records, and had great relationships and lots of success.