I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.

I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.

It makes me envious of anybody who can say truly that they don't care what anybody thinks of what they do, because I care a lot about the people who like my stuff.

Good things never last, bad things never die.

I think it's a misconception that metal's about anger, obviously.

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.