As A Producer, I'm An Objective Observer,

I Think That Breaking Into The Mainstream - It Was Just The Right Cycle Of Music For Us In Blink-182. People Were Kind Of Over The Boy-band, Pop-princess, Manufactured Sensibility, And Were Excited For Guitars And Angst And Energy And Enthusiasm, Which Is Our Thing.

There Was A Great Push And Pull Of What Blink-128 Should Sound Like All The Time. Travis Barker Comes From A Different Background Than I Do, And Tom Delonge Comes From A Different Background Than Either Of Us In Terms Of What We Write And What We Think A Song Should Be. Tom Pushes Me Out Of A Box That I Put Myself In.

I Don't Have A Problem Being On 'mtv,' And I Don't Have A Problem Being On The Radio. I Actually Like It. So There. And Anyone That Calls Me A Sell Out Is Just Jealous.

I Don't Really Have Any Secret Shames. If I Like An Artist, I Like Them. Nothing To Feel Embarrassed About.

Even Though It Was January, In Los Angeles It Was Beautiful And Sunny And The Blue Skies Were Out And It Was Hot Everyday, So I Think It Was Just A Product Of Our Environment. And California To Me As A Concept Or As An Idea Always Seems Like Endless Optimism And Endless Opportunity - When People Think Of California They Think Of Palm Trees And Blue Skies And Gorgeous Sunsets And Beaches And Everything Else. But There's Also This Weirdness To California, This Darkness, It's A Place Where People Come To Follow Their Dreams And Sometimes Don't Make It.