Every wish, every dream, every idea comes to existence only through blood, sweat and sacrifice.

If you dwell on yesterday, man, you're never gonna see tomorrow clearly.

Anyone in recovery knows that isolation is the biggest enemy.

When I decided to get sober, there were a lot of chemical imbalances that came along with that, physically as well as mentally.

For me, I feed off everything, from bad politics to religion to relationships - I mean, just life in general. And, yeah, I'm not necessarily happy with the state of things. And I think that I get to use music as a release.

I just got to a point where I was lying to myself constantly, so I had to face up to that. It was a lot of... I don't want to use the words 'self sacrifice,' but that's what it felt like. It was giving up who I thought I was and starting over from scratch and realizing the man that I am was good enough.

I just try to keep myself positive and really active.

You know, I mean, we're all made to wear these faces, you know, of what we think society would want.

Our fans understand us because of who we are.