I find drug use disrespectful, self-destructive, and weak. I want no part of it.

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.

People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we do.

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

I just heard a story from someone the other day where somebody was beaten up by Christians for wearing one of our shirts. Of course, that's a very Christian thing to do.

As far commercial success, I don't think that's a focus but it's not that we don't enjoy that. It's not something you can attempt and achieve.

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

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

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

I heard recently that I used to date Patrick Swayze.

I mean that'd be great if we could continue to be staples of alt-rock radio. I don't take that for granted.

I was the freak who moved into the nice neighborhood.

I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.

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.

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

I grew up watching MTV, so it's very surreal to me to think that there might be someone out there watching MTV, looking at us the way I used to look at Davis Madonna and Duran Duran videos.

It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore.

Personally I have never found the practice of recreational drug use appealing. In fact, I have always found the lifestyle and the people who surround it to be abhorrent.

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.

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.