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

I think there's always been hope in my songs, no matter how they've first appeared. I think there's always been a shred of hope in everything I've written 'cause I like that balance.

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.

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

I don't like to sing things that just sound like they're going straight down the tubes, and they're circling the drain, and there's no hope. It doesn't feel good in any way to sing.