Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of ebony,' or, 'These strings don't feel correct.' It doesn't matter too much.

Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

I'm always feeling like I don't belong, no matter where I am. So I'm just searching for a family nonstop, and sometimes I find it in the mosh pit, sometimes I find it when I'm doing some French TV show with the president's wife.

I wanted to make noise, not study theory.

A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.

My whole life was duality: Here's my life at home, here's my life on the road.