Being a new band, I just can't think of a better way to get your name out to all of the Hard-Rock crowd than playing with twenty of the biggest Hard-Rock bands in the world.

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side.

Everything is completely democratic in this band so far and that is the way that we would like to keep it.

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

Things will happen when they should. When an event is forced, its outcome would be less than optimal.

Dancing is like poetry written by our bodies: our outstretched arms our words of longing.

I swooned again – I had that moment of falling in love with reading again.

God’s Word transforms you into someone who reflects His glory.

God is the perfect poet.

Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country.

I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.

In Fall Out Boy, I noticed that I wasn't putting all that much soul into it. It was just kind of screaming, I guess. I was just dying to get out of there!

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.