The '90s were indeed a great time to be alive. There was a sense of optimism that I never felt before that decade and I haven't felt since.

The way I make music is just a reflection of how I think music should be made. Where you sit in a studio, and you make music, and you use technology to your advantage, not to hide all the blaring mistakes.

PETA. I would make everyone eat raw meat. [why] because I could.

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career, and to a 15-year-old kid like me, it was just shattering. I mean, it was beyond.

I think of how and where all the horrible people I've come across in my life ended up, and I smile.

I still have night terrors about things happening to my son. The worst things cross your mind when you care so much. I keep them at bay as best I can, and it's a struggle for me not to just do everything for him.

Just because you did not understand us, it did not mean we were wrong.