If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here … - Bert McCracken

We definitely didn't want it to be anything like our first or second records. We wanted to experiment more than we ever had and take any new idea and run with it as far as we could.

So like we say, our weakness is our strength too. It maybe makes it hard as hell on a day-to-day basis. There's (always) some kind of tribulations or trials going on with us, whether it's in our inner camp or just inner demons of our own. It's definitely not an amazingly functioning unit at all times. There's no bull---t with that. Behind the scenes is as interesting as what people are seeing up front.

Put your arm around the buddy next to you. And if you don't have any friends, I'll be your best friend in the whole world.