Williams: "What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape."

Williams: "Remember to enjoy everything. The things that feel good, the things that hurt. It’s all gonna make you better. Stronger."

Williams: "Any struggle or pain that you experience just gets you to the top, and you can't get there without making the climb. A few years later, you won't remember exactly the way the pain felt or how long it took, you'll just remember the view from the top. In fact, you might smile at the fact you had to work to get there."

Williams: "Being on my own in a studio is really, really different than making music with the band. I can't say I necessarily enjoy it more, but it was just a new experience for me."

Williams: "I know a lot of people think L.A. and they see a picture in their head, but those people obviously don't know me, because I sit on a couch every day. That's my idea of a good time - just being in a sweat suit."

Williams: "I always wanted a gang, it's like a family, without them I feel no support."

Williams: "The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be."

Williams: "I learn every day what it means to love myself, and I'm constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered."

Williams: "I'm not sorry for who I am."

Williams: "Whether I'm being influenced by new music that I'm listening to, books I've read, my friends, or my faith, I'm learning all the time."

Williams: "I just feel like bands always need to work harder than the hardest working band. You need to constantly be one-upping yourself and surprising yourself at how hard that you'll work and devote yourself to your craft."

Williams: "For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual."

Williams: "Performing is the craziest workout for me, because I feel like, on the first day of tour, I'm going nuts. Halfway through, I'm just so tired but obviously you keep pushing yourself because you have fans watching you."

Williams: "Believe in your dreams even when they seem lost."

Williams: "I don’t care if the world or anyone in it tries to drag me down. Because I know that in the end, they will be the ones left tired from the struggle to hold me back."

Williams: "I believe music is a place everyone of us can go to. I don’t care who you are, where you were born, what you do with your life. Everyone can come here in music and be equal."

Williams: "Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand."

Williams: "I stay away from dairy and I drink almond milk now. And I've also found that eating breakfast, like waking up and actually having it, helps me stay way healthy."

Williams: "The choices that we make aren't always perfect but it's ok... It's part of the journey."

Williams: "No, I'm not a vegetarian. I do eat that way. I actually eat vegan quite a lot. I feel better when I eat that way, and I think there's been a lot of proof that's come up over the last however many years, that you can't deny, I don't think, that meat or dairy aren't all that good for us."

Williams: "People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane."