I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love. I have been inspired by heartbreak. I try to take everything that comes at me in life. There have been times in my life that I didn't handle things... right. But even though you stumble, you still kind of get through it.

Perfection is unattainable, so I like to live in imperfection.

We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.

The more I go onstage, the more quiet I am before, because I intend to go onstage and slaughter.

When I know too much I get bored too fast.

I look back at things I said when I was younger - it was bulls - t. You do what you have to do to go where you have to go, but I look back and I don't believe what that guy was saying.

There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.