No matter who weaves in and out of your life, regardless of the quality of those deep friendships and familyships, I'm the only common denominator at this point who's been with me the whole time. And there's this sense of trying to make sense of that ultimate solitude. It's not a negative or even a positive. It's just a fact.

All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.

Be alone even when there's a million people around, because tomorrow it will be a different million people.

There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.

Everything becomes closer once you realize that the world is only as far away as a nap and a meal.

There's nothing better than not knowing what's going to happen until you put the pieces together.

It's amazing when you find a photo of your grandparents when they were young because it's black and white and the care that they put into their appearance back then was so grown up and specific to that era.