Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it's metal.

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

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.

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

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.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it's metal.