I'm actually a pretty upbeat person outside of playing music.

Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going to write a song about this situation, and when I'm done, everyone will care." To everybody else, that's ego-tripping.

Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.

There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.

The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.

I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.

When I'm in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I'm in a movie.