I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time. — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I told myself I would never stop skating. I would never stop riding bikes or riding motorcycles. I raced dirt when I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I feel a certain amount of freedom just cruising to the liquor store to get water or whatever. It just feels good.… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet and I've just always been… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet before the band became a… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
Death isn't something that should necessarily be glorified, but I also don't think it's something that people need to be afraid of. It's just… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
Jesus was not born on December 25th. There's carbon evidence of it. That freaks people out. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
My attraction to the Church of Satan... is the same thing that initially attracted me to punk rock. It was something that wasn't very… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
There was some real bad alternative - 'alternative' - stuff that came out in the '90s that's completely cringe-worthy. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I don't want… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
It's never been about what we want others to see: it's about what we want to see; it's about what we want to do.… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
To be in touch with death, and the darker side of life, makes the lighter side more enjoyable. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
There are things about this country that are horrible; there's things about this country that are beautiful. I've been almost everywhere, and there's nowhere… — Matt Skiba Copy Share
Heaven and hell are something that people create to make some people feel guilty and other people like myself laugh. — Matt Skiba Copy Share
![“The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.” quote by Matt Skiba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/matt-skiba-4325_80s_the-extent-of-my-personal-bmx-adventures_2745887.jpg)
![“The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on.” quote by Matt Skiba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/matt-skiba-4325_bigs_the-bike-that-i-ve-been-riding-is-a-big_2528364.jpg)