Musician

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.

Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.

I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.

We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.

No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a song that touched me emotionally the way that a song like 'She's Got A Way,' by Billy Joel did.'

Most of our shows are about two and a half hours long.

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

People my age don't always know where their music comes from.

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.

We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.

'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'

We've always been proud of what we've done.

Yes it was we, are a few years back parted from our record company and took the album that we were making with them and released it independently in the United States had a number one Independent debut in the United States.

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.

I think there are a variety of misconceptions that go along with what 'MMMBop' and our band has been perceived as from the beginning, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about playing 'MMMBop.'

Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.

Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.