Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where.
One of my biggest concerns was how defensive the fans would be over The REV's drum throne. I'm grateful they have been welcoming.
To me, the most important tool is not a physical or a technical one. It's more of a cerebral one. It's your brain. It's about having an interest in experimenting musically, perhaps touching on several different genres of music. No doubt, the most important tool is the mind. It's the willingness to experiment freely.
I wanted to completely honor The REV and pay tribute to him and carry on the legacy that he intended with this record.
I had to learn to get comfortable in a role of ambiguity where I had to seek out advisers and learn quickly.
How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.
Every man - at least once in his lifetime - has visited the silent and dark street of disappointment.
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.