You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!

It's human nature to want to keep going, but you have to fight against the "I'm just gonna keep doing it" when you know the possibility of not looking great on the way out.

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.

The industry is a menace to artists.

I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play very aggressively. I always have a distortion pedal in line, and I play less melodies and do more stuff against the guitars that create melodies.

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

Life is like a long ride to nowhere in particular.