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There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next.

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

Some of the songs are so crazy, the words are so crazy... it's hard to believe I was so crazy.

Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.

Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

When a song blows your mind the first time you hear it, you don't know where it's going. It's blowing your mind as it's unfolding. Then there's that sensation that you're actually going to remember the song.

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.