You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.

Never mind a world That can't see past brutality Answers are getting the gas Live gestures Have constantly been used As weapons

I think I understand what bands want, just from having made records myself. I understand what it takes to get a good vocal sound, or to make people comfortable in the studio. From minor things like their headphone mix - and if a singer's singing, how they should hear themselves - to how to make people feel that they're getting exactly what they want. All those things, I think, are an advantage, especially the part about having done it myself. I'm not just an engineer who records the sounds well. I'm not afraid to take chances.

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums. But I see a lot of people, a lot of my friends in the same predicament. Many times in my life, I was there myself.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

When you become tired of fitting in, is when you truly become yourself