"I'm Ben Gillies and I enjoy playing water sports, skiing, and water polo." "I put a bra on but it was too small. I think I need a bigger cup size." "I love school, we all love school. Being in a band, travelling around the world, and meeting people sucks." "Daniel Johns- the smallest left arm in history." "I think Art's (Everclear) daughter could kick Daniel's ass." "Let's do a Michael Jackson cover." "Girl and guy bands both rock." "Does anyone want a date?" "Inny bellybuttons rule!!!" "Daniel is actually an idiot." "Ahh. I'm sorry, mr. intellectual." "Practice makes perfect, and we've been getting a lot of practice. We're not perfect yet, though." "Oh, shut up you geek." To Daniel "It was um, my old man, actually. He's an old surfie and he's you know -- he's into the -- he used to be into that "surf music" and um, he was just buggin' us going, 'Aw, you should play this song -- you should play this song!' So in the end we said yeah, we like the song." Surfin' Bird "You are dumb. You are dumb. I think you're dumb. I just think you're dumb. I'm just putting my opinion forth, I think you're dumb, dumb, dumb." To Daniel "Sometimes Daniel always says how muscle-y he is, being very sarcastic 'cause he's like a puny bastard-mega skinny. He picks fights with me and Chris but we always show him who's boss." "Yes... we love Max Factor, they rule." "10 years from now, I'll probably be an accountant or something, maybe a rocket scientist. That's what I'm aiming for. I've got a few degrees, I'm actually going to Yale, yeah. I'm pretty intellectual, yeah, you know, whatever you call it." "I'm pretty pissed off he passed away before I met him." John Bonham "All that trendy thing is crap." "Anyway, we're looking at a career of being wankers." "Teenyboppers are mental. Hype sucks. I hate hype, it sucks. It's like all... (screams like a girl). It's not for us." "I had one experience where this girl was totally naked, and she was trying to jump on me, and that was pretty weird." "If any of us gets big-headed, the other two will pile on him." "C'mon, you fairie, I wanna go bungie jumping!" "You get these really weird mosh pits here in the states, it's like everyone runs around in this big circle. And there's like, a leader, like the biggest, heaviest guy in the circle, no one messes with him. So that sounds pretty good. Actually, I've never in one of those circles and I don't think I will. I want to live." "Oh, look! Look! The local erotic shop!" "Music has pretty much taken over my life. I told my dad I wanted to play in a band and makes lots of money. He told me I should get out of my fantasy world because it was a million-to-one chance. Now when I'm playing guitar or drums and he tells me to go do my studies, I tell him I can't--because I'm working. He just looks at me, shakes his head, laughs, and says, 'You lucky bastard.'" "Sorry, I've got a speech impediment." "I don't really know much about ladies underwear." "Darker music turns you into a hardcore mother fucker!" "Daniel is definitely NOT gay." "Mr. Stay-At-Home-And-Don't-Have-A-Girlfriend." (to Daniel) "Bullshit, you lying bastard!" (to Daniel) "I thought it was a part of rock and roll, like 'Cool! Blood!'. When we got back to the hotel, we took pictures of Daniel with all this blood gushing out of his skull." (the Santa Monica incident) "I'm in touch with my feminine side." "Can somebody please call my sex toy over here?" "Anybody wanna have sex?" "I promise that if Mariah [Carey] comes, I won't stare at her tits." "She [a flight attendant] tried to rape me." "I'm married." "My penis is pierced." "I'd do a show naked." "We'll probably tattoo our bum cheeks." "You got koalas crawling all over you!" "I want to be your friend." to Daniel "Do you mind if we go to sleep?" "I watched the video Speed. That was pretty cool, especially the scene that his head falls off." "Daniel Johns sux! Daniel Johns sux!" "They just ask what we've been doing. There's not really much you can say. It's kinda limited. The girls usually go, 'Hi, how are you?', and if they're nice, we'll give them a kiss." "It was pretty funny when all our voices were breaking, though. It was like umm (his voice goes higher) ya know, squeaks....It was like beep!" "I think that last time, a lot of people thought that we were just a one-shot wonder. This album is basically gonna shove it in their faces and say' look you fuckers, we're here to stay.'" "I figured it was either my friendship [with Daniel] that's been going for nearly 10 years or my girlfriend, and I kind of decided which one took priority. I think it worked out for the best. We weren't fighting or anything, but we were starting to lose contact, and now everything's happy and jolly again."
