Writing Music And Lyrics That Mean Something

Music Is Life. Music Defines Peoples' Experience On This Planet.

I Think People Take Blink-128 More Seriously Now Than They Did Before. And It's Largely Our Fault Because We Called Our Records Enema Of The State And Take Off Your Pants And Jacket. We Were Always Kind Of The Underdogs, Especially Critically. People Wrote Us Off As This Joke Band. But The People Who Listened To Blink Knew That We Were Silly And Whatever, But We Wrote Songs About Divorce And Suicide And Depression. Those Kids That Were Listening To Blink Are Now The Ones That Control All These Outlets That Used To Just Write Us Off.

I Think When People Are Jumping On Top Of Each Other's Ideas, It Elevates It A Lot More Than Me Going Into The Studio And Working On Something All By Myself For A While.

Screw Them. Yeah. But Not Literally. I'm Not Advocating Promiscuity.

Even Though It Was January, In Los Angeles It Was Beautiful And Sunny And The Blue Skies Were Out And It Was Hot Everyday, So I Think It Was Just A Product Of Our Environment. And California To Me As A Concept Or As An Idea Always Seems Like Endless Optimism And Endless Opportunity - When People Think Of California They Think Of Palm Trees And Blue Skies And Gorgeous Sunsets And Beaches And Everything Else. But There's Also This Weirdness To California, This Darkness, It's A Place Where People Come To Follow Their Dreams And Sometimes Don't Make It.