When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

I remember being a little kid sitting in the living room with my brother and some friends from around the neighborhood, and I would sit at the piano and as they were running around the room doing different things and being silly, acting out, I would actually play the score for it - the music that went along with it.

When I was in high school, if my favorite band got too popular, I'd watch carefully.

Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!

Who can't relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

My 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.