Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.

I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

I really don't worry about what people say or what they have to say or what they think - it just doesn't matter.

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.

A conclusion is the place you get to when you’re tired of thinking.

That was the problem these days--everything was considered disposable--clothes, cell phones, relationships.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

Your suffering is never caused by the person you're blaming.

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

The lot of man-to suffer and die.

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.

I'm becoming more adventurous.