For years I wouldn't listen to black metal from anywhere but Norway.

Black metal seemed way deeper than anything else, and I kind of got addicted to it.

I never did anything with the early recordings I made, I felt they weren't worthy.

I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math.

There isn't much of an agenda lyrically. And I definitely didn't want to write about things I don't know anything about.

I don't have much contact at all with other black metal bands.

I'll never understand the art world. But I kind of feel like there's been some art world/black metal crossovers happening for a while.

It’s not the quality of the answers that changes our lives, it’s the quality of the question

I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.

Leadership is about being a servant first.

If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane.

Steel is not forged in a comfortable place.

Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul.

You might be a redneck if you consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Drawing is like studying Greek and piano- you can't speak or play in your conscious, which is clumsy. You must get it into your subconscious, which is graceful. But that takes time.

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.