Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W.

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.

I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.

I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder.

When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.

Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.