Nobody gets into a band and thinks they're going to have a 30-year career.

What I love about 'The Walking Dead' is it's a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the book to the screen, the gore and the zombies have to look great.

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

The internet is a great thing but the worst thing that it brought to the music business was piracy and it's made making stuff available really difficult.