The attitude is in my personality. It's going to come out in the songs no matter what. If you're pushing the vocal constantly at 10, there's no room for any dynamics. There's no room for any variation in tone. There's no room for anything.

No one would barbecue their family dog. Why is a cow or a pig or a chicken different?

You have to be open, and being open is a daily challenge, I think.

As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and there's another shirt of stuff.

I think you never want to limit yourself to one style of anything. Why put those limitations on yourself?

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

I've never been a flag waver, but I can lead by example.