“At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time.”
“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 only one, and how unfair it is, and a million different feel-sorry-for-yourself type feelings.”
“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 absurd - I love it.”
“I've always said that Pantera fans were the best in the world, and I truly meant that, and I still mean it.”
“There it is again. Image. Once again. I get really tired of it quick.”
“I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and months and months.”
“I'm a bad pessimist. I don't think about how successful any record I've ever done is going to do before it came out.”
“People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind of like biding time until you get your feedback. So, it's like, once the public can consume what you're putting out there, then you know. Then you know hit, miss, in between.”
“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 put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.”
“I loathe rock stars. I am a music nerd, a fan, a follower... just like any fan of music might be. And although I have blood-relatives, a lot of times I feel closer to my audience than my true family, because at least my fans get what I'm doing, to a certain extent, whereas my family does not.”