I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.
Angels and Airwaves shows are like an ascension to Heaven.
I know how big Blink are and I know the legacy with it and everything, but Angels & Airwaves, to my heart and to the people who like it, this is the release of my life.
Playing music in the wake of the Blink thing was like finding love in the middle of a war zone.
The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources.
I have to be able to stick to very dedicated times to work on things, do exactly as I say I'm going to do, show up when I say I'm going to show up and focus that's the only way I've been able to pull off everything last year but I'm hoping I'll never have to do that again, it's a hell of a lot of work that's for sure.
When we started Angels Airwaves, we wanted to produce our art on different mediums, but the film was an ambitious one because we actually didn't go into it thinking we could make a big feature film.
I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.
My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today.
When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.
I would love to come to Auckland. That's a place I've been quite a lot with my band so I'm very much looking forward to it.
I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.
Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me!
You'll always see me doing things that I have no business doing. Whether it's directing a major motion picture or meeting with the most important people in government and dealing with the biggest subjects on Earth. The story of the millennia. These are things I aspire to tackle. It doesn't mean I'm going to win on all of them, but God damn, it looks like I've got a pretty good shot at it.
We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter, we're artists.
My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade.
My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website.
Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.
I think my records will always tend to be approachable.
