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.

I think I prefer the constant renewal. It's almost like sandpapering down any details or any contour of familiarities.

Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to write about what happened anymore. It would be impossible.

I'm a nostalgic person and I really like rehashing and digging around the mental trunks.

A year's a long time, but it also flickers past in no time at all.

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

With music, I wasn't curious anymore. There was no dialogue. By the time I stopped, I knew it wasn't going to be gone forever, but it just wasn't the right time for me to care about that.