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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Because books saved my life, literally, I've become close to them

Be driven with purpose. Be relentless in your alignment with excellence. Pay no mind to the disimpassioned impotent haters.

What is defeat? Nothing but education nothing but the first step to something better.

The harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few.

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

It's not trespassing to go beyond your own boundaries.

If you try to use your head to think about things, people don't want to have anything to do with you

Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?

If I were to have my own brand of guitars, they would have to be industructable.

Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.