I like it when it rains; I like it when it snows. I like seasons. I like trees. I like mountains. I like rivers. And with that around me, I write.

I've been a workaholic for many years, but at the same time, I do it because I love it.

When I was going to high school, in the high school band we would play these kind of hour-long concerts for our parents. All the parents would come to the gymnasium, and the band would play an hour-long kind of orchestra piece. 'Synchestra' is supposed to be similar, like a high school band orchestra piece.

As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.

Enya was a huge deal for me. That kind of woman vocals and how wide those productions were.

The reason Strapping Young Lad was such a good band was we were honest about what we were doing.

Producing is getting the performances, tracking it, making sure all the parts are there. Mixing is when you take the finished work, and you make sure all the levels are right. It's putting all the parts together.

I think that when I got to a certain age, it was important to me to sort of analyze my relationship with myself and my past.

One thing that's really important for me to be creatively motivated is to find an angle. Some people refer to that as a concept, which it is, in a sense, but not overtly. It's just something I need to focus and hone in on, and the trajectory of what might be seen as a 'concept' gives me creative momentum.