Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.

I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems like they get more religious the older they get, even though they're still not practicing Jews.

I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as who I am as a person.

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.