I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.

I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I dont have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow.

That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song.

I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God.

I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.