To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music..

We definitely have a hardcore following..

I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the ab….

Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. O….

I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awes….

I can easily say I've done everything I've wanted in music..

I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It's not healthy and it doesn't feel right..

And it seems to be today, image is a real important thing once again..

With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something heavy, but also experiment with a lot of other thing….

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it pu….

To do an extreme metal record is something that is well within my capacity as a musician to write stuff out of the box, write stuff that's probably m….

Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; its a gigan….

Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically he….

I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't….

There it is again. Image. Once again. I get really tired of it quick.

I won't lie to you and make you believe what's evil, is making love, and making friends, and meeting God your own way... the RIGHT way..

There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively..

I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild music, and I'm gonna dive in and find as many fi….

You can only exist as far as your mind will allow you to exist, and I think chronic pain will stop time dead in its tracks. You feel like you're the ….

You gotta look beyond the mainstream... the mainstream'll drown you, you know? There's always a pulse in the underground that I love. And the pulse i….

In my better sense of mind, I know that Im far from alone and far from the worst, and the earth keeps spinning. Everything keeps moving, with or with….