For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me because he's another creative person who works as hard as I do.

It's about the music, it's not about just showing people what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it

So when I feel the spirit upon me it's something I don't take it for granted, and I don't think I'm solely responsible for these things.

In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy.

And for me the only way to live life is to grab the bull by the horns and call up recording studios and set dates to go in recording studios. To try and accomplish something.

I think you get people taking things to excess in all fields, doctors, lawyers - -it happens to all kinds of people.

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.