"You guys do more for the world than you actually know. We wanna write real songs for real people, real issues that everyone has in this room, everyone watching at home. Everyone's got their problems, everyone's got their demons, and we wanna be the band for you--we wanna be here for you because we have shit going on as well. We have our ups, and we have our downs, especially. But that's okay. We live in a weird fucking world these days, and I think if we can write music that's from our hearts for you, it doesn't matter if they're worldwide hits, that's for sure. We don't give a damn. As long as it means something to every single one of you guys, that's all we care about. I just want this next album and this band to mean something to you instead of some pointless shit that's on the radio. We want to mean something to you." -Ashton Fletcher Irwin