The Collectability Of Music Is Something Lost

There Was A Great Push And Pull Of What Blink-128 Should Sound Like All The Time. Travis Barker Comes From A Different Background Than I Do, And Tom Delonge Comes From A Different Background Than Either Of Us In Terms Of What We Write And What We Think A Song Should Be. Tom Pushes Me Out Of A Box That I Put Myself In.

Every One Of Those Old Songs Like "what's My Age Again?" And "all The Small Things" Is Like A Tattoo Or A Scrapbook Or An Old Photograph. There Are Just Songs That Define Certain Moments In Your Life. Everyone Has A Song That Got Them Through A Bad Breakup Or They Put On And It Made Them Feel Like They Wanted To Go Out And Kick The World's Ass With Their Friends On A Weekend. Those Songs Still Feel Like That To Me.

I Don't Want To Spend A Month And A Half In A Studio With Music I Don't Like, And Fortunately I Don't Have To.

I Firmly Believe Artists Should Be Paid For What They Create.

I Really Enjoy Helping A Band Form Their Sounds And Ideas From Initial Spark To Completed Album. Being A Producer Is Different In That, At The End Of The Day, It Is Not My Art. It's Their Art, Their Ideas, Their Message.