But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

- Stephan Jenkins

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

- Stephan Jenkins

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

- Stephan Jenkins

I've spent several years now with my head down.

- Stephan Jenkins

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

- Stephan Jenkins

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

- Stephan Jenkins

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.

- Stephan Jenkins

I don't think DIY is something that necessarily comes to mind when people hear Third Eye Blind, but that is completely how we've been from the beginning.

- Stephan Jenkins

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

- Stephan Jenkins

So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro.

- Stephan Jenkins

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

- Stephan Jenkins

I've always identified with the misfits.

- Stephan Jenkins

I think if it's not monumental, there's no point.

- Stephan Jenkins

I have my share of insecurities, hopes and fears.

- Stephan Jenkins

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

- Stephan Jenkins

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

- Stephan Jenkins

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

- Stephan Jenkins

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

- Stephan Jenkins

My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have.

- Stephan Jenkins

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

- Stephan Jenkins