“There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in ...” — Matt Skiba Quote

There are just as many dirt bags in independent music as there are in major labels.

I'm really thankful for the time that I grew up in that we didn't have cell phones, and we made a lot of our own fun.

I don't think we're any more preoccupied by life and death or heaven and hell than anyone else, but it's fun to write about the inevitable - you're alive, and you're going to die.

There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy.

I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted to do.

I wanted to feel at home so I've brought Yorkshire Tea Bags in my suitcase, as well as my slippers!

I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.

When they throw punches, the breathing, the sparring. The heavy bags being hit. All of that - it was a heavenly sound to me.

In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see the director's eyes, I'm not going. I'm not even going to pack my bags.

There is something very poignant about plastic bags. These lonely plastic bags that gradually disintegrate.