'God Damn New York' and 'Let’s Get the Band Back Together' are classic Dictators — cynical, hilarious lyrics, punk 'tude but lashing of glitter stomp.

He’s like a coiled spring, doing everything he can while options are restricted and ready to go crazy when conditions allow.

"I slept with 'Miseducation' playing in my Sony Walkman CD player most nights."

"Explorers came looking for this mythical treasure and nobody found it. I just think music takes you to another world."

The pacing is great, which seems a strange thing to say about a four-hour movie

"You can almost guarantee that the second chorus of any Weezer song will be sung slightly different than the first chorus, or at the very least there’ll be a new harmony or some sort of accompaniment to give it a slightly new feel."

It was their second headline visit to NYC, and the room was so packed that you had to stand up straight.

"I felt like he was being a little bit mistreated in some circles and I asked myself, what would Johnny Cash do? He would step up for this young man."

"Every song is an anthem played from the gut — the guitars willing you not to be taken for granted, not to put up with outdated rules and laws, but to speak out and grab your future by throat and change your own destiny."

NIVA and NITO have taken on Congress and they’re not done yet