“This is a song about the reason we all came down here today, and that's because we (expletive) love music. This is a crowd-surfing song.”

— Bert McCracken

At a concert, commenting to the audience about The Used's song "Burning in the Aftermath", reported in Jason Newell (July 8, 2003) "Teens chill at hot concert", Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

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