The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice.

We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number of album/tour cycles.

Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming.

Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can be a difficult thing to reconcile sometimes.

The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.

I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole thing more holistically.