There's something scary about the unknown. And maybe the scariest movies couldn't ever be made because they are too deep in somebody's head, too unknown to get out.

We're all living in different states and we all have different systems within those states. Even on the most basic personal level, it affects me.

I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.

I always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place.

I definitely didn't have a lot of money. I had been fired from a record store. I was just trying to get by. I was on unemployment. I didn't have anything going full-time.

Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension.

It's not so much a philosophy as much as it is a pace. We need to be personally involved with every aspect of the records including the artwork, we want everything to have a similar aesthetic.