As Far As The Bands That Are

Skateboarding Is Not A Hobby. And It Is Not A Sport. Skateboarding Is A Way Of Learning How To Redefine The World Around You. For Most People, When They Saw A Swimming Pool, They Thought, ‘let's Take A Swim.' But I Thought, ‘let's Ride It.' When They Saw The Curb Or A Street, They Would Think About Driving On It. I Would Think About The Texture. I Slowly Developed The Ability To Look At The World Through Totally Different Means.

I Think What We Took Away From First Hearing About The Punk Stuff In England And Then The Early American Punk Stuff Was A Sense Of Self-definition And Also Sort Of Playing Music For Music's Sake And Being Part Of A Family For Family's Sake.

"straight Edge" Was A Song About My Life. There Was No Structure, No Premise As If I Was Forming A Club. There Were No Tenets. I Mean I Wrote A Song Called "straight Edge," I'll Take That, But The Song Was About My Life The Way I Wanted To Live It.

I'm Not A Sports Guy. However It's Interesting To Be In A Place Where People Have A Sporting Fever. One Time I Was In Italy During One Of The European Soccer Cups, And It's Interesting Because It's So Electrifying.

I Feel Quite Connected To The Past, And My Memory. Everything That I've Ever Done I Can Still Relate To, And Feel Connected To It In A Way. There's No Part Of My Life That I Look At And Go, 'i Don't Recognize That Person At All.