When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way.

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.

I would try to pick the guitar up sometimes, like, "Hey, remember me?" It was like reintroducing yourself to someone who's got a grudge.

I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.

Now, there's just so much imagery. Imagine what our grandkids are going to be able to see of us?

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.

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