I got really tired of metal music. How do you pick what's good to sell when you're not totally into what you're listening to and marketing?

I'm not going to hide the fact that I am a happy person.

If I'm going to make music and put my heart and soul into this and dedicate my whole life to it, I want to be making something that 15, 20, 30 years from now, somebody is listening to and that is a staple of the time it came out.

My deepest apologies to all of our friends, fans and people who have worked on and supported us being a part of this festival, we are sorry for these awful circumstances and you can be certain this will not defeat us.

The band has always been such a huge part of my life and it kept me very busy. That, in combination with something like running a record label, just means my whole life revolves completely around metal music and I can't do that anymore.

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

When you're not putting a bunch of chemicals into everbody, people tend not to fly off the handle.