Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

I stayed a kid for a pretty long time, and the logistics of being in a band, I did not take seriously at all.

You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them.

We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's just about it.

In my entire life I never set out to do anything ground-breaking or pioneering, and I'm not going to start anytime soon.

There are so many things that kept forcing metal back down to the underground. It survives everywhere on the planet.

Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

We just have to plan everything in advance and concentrate it so that we get everything done in time. It's not as laidback as I wish it could be.

As far as specific bands from the 90s death metal era, I love Death, Carcass, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Autopsy, Atheist, etc.

I listen to every type of metal under the sun. I'm not very discerning.

There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.

The longer I do my job ... the more I realize that humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.

I'd like to have any sort of Mexican or Italian food any time of the day!

You become the movie you are making.

I am the best in the world at what I do!

Peace is a process, a way of solving problems

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.

I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul.