Other than dying, I think puberty is probably about as rough as it gets.

I learned to read and write and socialize in school, and that's pretty much it.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails.