Entertainment alleviates the fear of life, but art vanquishes the fear of death

When inspiration comes life is lived in the moment and peace descends. When inspiration leaves thoughts turn to violently killing time

Simplicity takes time, patience & practice. Complexity offers too many excuses for failure

Humanity enveloped in entropy desperately seeking symmetry for peace of mind

Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes

We don't fall in love, we fall in lust. We ascend to love.

I obviously invented Solipsism

True Love Isn't Hearts & Flowers. It's Blood & Guts & Bouquets Of Barbed Wire

Those who understand the true nature of humanity are always loners.

The ego camouflages itself like a fox born and raised in a hen house. Its only worry is that you fail to notice its presence every so often and start acting without fear

Corporatism trying to redeem itself through charity is akin to a serial killer offering to pay a fine for his crimes.

There is no love for God without love for man

A human is just a human, but a human together with God is a super-human

The most important journey you will take in your life will usually be the one of self transformation. Often, this is the scariest because it requires the greatest changes, in your life.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

Okay, I’ll put someone on it. But you know, the Albuquerque Police Department wasn’t really created to find things out for you.” “Really? That’s weird.

I’m secretly hoping for the full five.

My object is to mystify and entertain. I wouldn't deceive you for the world.

When you see big people, they expect them to wobble or something. The whole feeling of bigger people in this country is so negative. This works for me.

It's a sort of philosophy you cook up for yourself. You probably write things the same as everybody else, but it's your own personal way of saying things.

Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others.