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Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.

I'm not more into one scene than any other, and that's why I feel very lucky to be able to go into two different styles of music and be successful at both.

That's the way a musician is. You're isolated, in a weird way, because music is haunting you as much as it's loving you. It's non-stop.

Basically, death metal, as a musician on my part, it just changed everything as far as the technicality and where you could take music.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

The communication within Sinsaenum is really, really cool. As extreme as the music is, you might not realize how much we respect each other and how much we coach each other and how well we communicate.

Heavy music is really getting its due. With nu-metal fallen by the wayside, real metal has started to surface.

I'm constantly writing music and keeping myself busy somehow.

First thing you have to understand is that freestyling is much different than making hip-hop music: there's another whole element to being a hip-hop MC.

Right before my dad died he was planning to go to New York City for the video music awards that he was nominated for, the MTV music awards. You couldn't tell him he wasn't going to go. It was going to happen. But he wound up having to check into the hospital there, and not too long later he died. But his spirit never gave up - his body did.

Along with the music, there is a large part of my father's legacy that has to do with what he had to say. What he believed in, what he stood for, the understanding of his own darkness, the faith that he had that drove him, and the great love that he had for people.

I always heard my dad talk about playing music right through till the end. He may have talked in the early 90s about how he was ready to get off the road. But retirement, for my dad wasn't part of his make-up.

I think when a lot of people hear my father's music they are immediately drawn in.

But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music.

With 'The Theory of Everything,' it seems that people really like the voice I've found with the music, which is great. But I may not do that again. Every project is different.

When I work on films, I like to be involved from as early as possible. I think this is really good and beneficial in terms of absorbing the atmosphere of the film and for the music to become a part of the DNA of the film.

My first album, 'Englaborn,' was based on music originally written for the theatre. My solo albums, like 'IBM 1401, a User's Manual' and 'Fordlandia,' have also had narratives attached to them.

I very much enjoy working with talented filmmakers who have a good sense for music, who have a strong feel for music and for what music can do in a film.

The drone is a very fundamental part of my music, although it's not always present.

I started out writing music for theatre and contemporary dance, so there has always been a dramatic and narrative element in my music.

I don't really listen to music before I go on court.