Art Alexakis

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.

My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.

I still fall back a lot on my Les Paul, and there is just no getting away from a Les Paul and a hot pickup.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

For the most part, I don't like people who soapbox.

A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's either-or.

I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That's why some people really dig the band, and some don't.

I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.

As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my song. This is a song a lot of people tell me is a part of their high school or college years. That means a lot to me.

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

I'm constantly working, even when I'm at home.