“They write songs about California girls for a reason.”

“I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.”

“We write songs about wrong cause its hard to see right”

“There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.”

“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”

“There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.”

“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.”

“It seems that in writing a composition, one must first have in mind a reason for writing. If there is a reason behind it, no matter what one writes about, it will turn out to be excellent writing. If there is no reason behind it, there is no way to write. Even if one can produce something, it will be as dry and unpleasant as chewing wax.”

“Through instrumental music, I’m allowed to come up with musical ideas that allow the listener to create their own impression of my song. If you add lyrics about a girl in the song, the listener doesn’t have a choice of what the song is about, it’s told to them. My musical writings allow me to express anything. It’s easier for me to tell a story of something I’ve encountered this way then to verbalize it. And my feelings are explored more in my compositions compared to what I could ever say in a few sentences.”

“If Michael Jackson could write a song for a rat, I could write a song for [my pet bulldog] Noelle.”