We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.

I really didn't think about song writing.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good.

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.