I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

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.

Candide, who trembled like a philosopher, hid himself as well as he could during this heroic butchery.

These last months, I have learned that the acknowledged history that belongs to the daylight, that is not the only history. Turn over the stone and you will find another history, wriggling to escape.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Keep as near as ever you can to the first sources of supply—fruits and vegetables.

Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened.

Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

In fact, in Aberdeen, Washington, I am known as Mr. Small Package!

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer.

It’s hard not to root for Henrik Lundqvist, he’s practically perfect.