The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

As an actor, you have to be able to take all sides as well. You have to at least be able to understand things. No bad guy looks in the mirror every morning and says, boy, I'm gonna be a real bad guy this morning. He goes after his own what he's after, just like us good guys. You kind of have to take a stand and, a lot of times, you have to take the writer's stand or the stand of the character this writer has created.

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!

That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more.

Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to.