We definitely have a lot to prove. That fuels a lot of our passion. I don't hate our first record, but you listen to it and you can pick out the parts that you know you rushed.

I tried to be a lot more personal with the lyrics. Some of them are definitely about heartbreak and girls, but a lot of them are about my father and his battles with alcoholism. That's how I like to listen to bands. I would like to know that the singer was actually going through that.

One of the great things about music is that you can really help other people through rough times. If that makes us overemotional, then I guess that's what we are. If they want us to say sorry, we'll say sorry for them.

On Sunday, we would just lay and watch football and fall asleep.

I'm not saying we will never sign to a major label, but we're happy where we are. I don't think we would have seen the success we're seeing on a major.

This stage seems really big.