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.

- Art Alexakis

Maybe I'll work for a label someday, write some fiction, nonfiction. Someday I'd like to go back to school and get my teaching degree. I want to be a grandpa. I want to have more kids.

- Art Alexakis

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.

- Art Alexakis

I wish I could come home to a life that looks like a TV show. I wish I could see my television family waiting for me, where no one fights and no one screams, no one lies and no one leaves.

- Art Alexakis

I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.

- Art Alexakis

I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.

- Art Alexakis

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.

- Art Alexakis

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.

- Art Alexakis

I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel.

- Art Alexakis

I think The Police made five great records and then called it a day. They went out on top.

- Art Alexakis

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

- Art Alexakis

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.

- Art Alexakis

I saw Cheap Trick play 'In Color,' and it was awesome.

- Art Alexakis

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

- Art Alexakis

I love Australia! I got a boot thrown at me there.

- Art Alexakis

I lived in Portland for almost 20 years, and that's where my eldest daughter went to college. I missed the sunshine. I grew up in L.A.

- Art Alexakis

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

- Art Alexakis

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a creative process.

- Art Alexakis

I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum.

- Art Alexakis

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

- Art Alexakis