We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life.

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.

The things I'm guided to do are really strange to me.

A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.