For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something.

It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.

Some kids are so depressed at home and with how people treat them in school that they cut themselves. This happens all over the world - kids who don't want to kill themselves, but nobody understands how much they hurt, so they cut themselves with razor blades.

Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like.

Alright...here's the deal. What's happening in this piece is very simple, over here on this side...you see that there is a very scared little kinda guy over there...wanna know why he's scared? Because this guy over here is trying to eat him.

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.