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" But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song. "

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" Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too. "

" When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all. "

" I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen. "

" I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. "

" We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs. "

" Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy. "

" Playing my drums is therapy. "

" The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff. "

" I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them. "

" I'm obsessed with my children. "

" I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. "

" I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy. "

" I run every day now. I never ran before. "

" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "

" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "

" I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me. "

" We never worry about the big things, just the small things. "

" We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. "

" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "

" Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years. "

" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "

" If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us. "

" I was in a band called Hooker for a while. "

" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "

" And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach. "

" I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids. "

" I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. But that's pretty much it. I just drink lots of water, too. I'll have a protein shake as well every morning. "

" My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. "

" I practice every day, I warm up before I play. "

" I try to do an hour of cardio on the days that I have off, and then I'll do 30 to 45 minutes on show days. That's the first thing I do when I wake up, I have breakfast and then I'll hit the gym. "