I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

It's fun when you are on tour to go a place you are familiar with in any given city. It's like being home away from home.

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it and I'll become what that song is all about until I have finished it. And when you do that, it makes the song more visual, it makes it more personal.

In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp!

If you dont tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.

My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.

I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.