I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about.

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds are that I'm trying to capture.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.

I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

Readers are plentiful

To My MotherYou too, my mother, read my rhymesFor love of unforgotten times, And you may chance to hear once moreThe little feet along the floor.

But the sky was never quite the same shade of blue again.

People do whatever they want to do, y'know.

Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it with joy

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

Having experienced everything one time already made it easier the second time around.

I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level.

The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.