I usually like to make really dramatic songs that are dynamic from part to part - a lot of jumping from really quiet to really loud.
Mike ShinodaI find that the things that really, you know, get us fired up, tend to be things that, for example, things that you talk about tonight, what we see in the news.
Mike ShinodaAs a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off.
Mike ShinodaMy dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted.
Mike Shinoda