It's easy to gravitate toward something negative as opposed to something positive, especially if you're an outsider.

I know plenty of hyper-intelligent metal people, but at the same time, there's this dumbass, hardheaded, macho attitude associated with it. For younger people, it's like a succubus.

Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language.

Hate walks hand in hand with hate, and black metal especially is a genre that is full of white power bands.

It's been nice to have a band and people I'm close to that I can get that understanding from and help me realize what I want to do in my life as a musician.

My priorities now a a musician are so different now than they were as a kid. Everyone wants to be a rock star, and I wanted that too; I wanted to be on magazines and be running around the world and having all the fun.

As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.