It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

a good cohesive set of material if you're working within one mind-frame.

I'm waiting for my kids to grow up and get into the Offspring and look at me like I'm a total candy-ass.

He's written extraordinary songs, hasn't he? I consider him one of the preeminent songwriters of the times. Every song he does has a vitality you don't find everywhere.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.