You can tell a dumb guy a mile away.

Sadly, it runs in my damn family, and that disease is a mystery to just about every scientist! We are definitely interested in finding a cure for ALS! Cure it already!

When I first wanted to play guitar it was because I had seen Brian Setzer. He's so good! I mean I was just blown away.

I like clubs, I like sweat, I like people right up in my space.

I saw the Bangles before I was in a band. I really liked their rhythm. That was right when I was trying to learn how to play guitar. I was really frustrated because I couldn't strum, and then I saw Susannah Hoffs do this cool strum on a song, and it was my goal after that to learn how to do that strum.

I'm glad we're not splattered all over MTV, because I don't think that's entirely the right way to go about building a career. Look at Green Day -- they were built up -- and then came crashing down. The overexposure is just too much of a burnout for most people.

I am a perfectionist and the only reason why I started producing is because I didn't want to argue with a producer.

I like inventive melodies and chord changes, a little bit of creativity.

People get sucked into being so show-bizy. I mean this is show biz, but I just can't do anything that's not in my DNA.

I grew up around religious and elevator music. I didn't know any better, so I just thought music was kind of bland. So I didn't listen to much as kid.

When people hear sing-songy melodies, they think the lyrics will be nice, too. I guess there's a depressing or psychotic side to my personality that pops out in the lyrics.

I really can't categorize the Muffs music.

I wasn't in any hurry to grow up and become this worldly person.

For a show, I can bear a little longer than 45 minutes, not including encores.

There was a show at the Mayan in Los Angeles where I got overly enthusiastic and jumped into the crowd, and I know they weren't thrilled about that. When I got offstage the manager told me not to do that again. I said, 'Really, for my own safety?' And he said, 'No, because the Pixies don't do that.'

I got sick and tired of hearing bands that didn't mean anything to me. I mean, there are some bands out there that are good, but if you want to hear stuff you want to hear, you got to do it yourself.

Salt Lake's got a cool vibe.

Honestly, it's hard to play with a lot of intensity night after night.

I really like the cute Beatles, the beginning. I don't really like the moustached Beatles very much. And then the hippie Beatles I'm not super-thrilled with, although they had good songs.

I always liked really heavy guitar music, but didn't like the long-winded songs that went with it. And I always liked pop songs, but was driven nuts because the guitars were so wimpy sounding. So I decided to put the two together. That's how the Muffs started.