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 was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.

I want to get out as much art as I can while I'm here, and I seem to get better the more that I do it.

I don't use a Beatmap; I don't use any click track. Any time I count off, it's just in my heart. Sometimes I'll go off the feel of a crowd, like if they way they're bouncing is a little quicker than the song, I might kick up the tempo a little bit. I see where the crowd is at. It's nothing drastic, but all the tempos are from my internal clock.

I wasn't worried about flash or persona... It's all about writing a good, solid song.

I'd been working on new Slipknot material since the end of the 'All Hope Is Gone' tour cycle, but I ended up with so much stuff, I had to take a step back and stop working on it.

I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.

Modifidious was my first real band.

I'm writing music that people can grasp and hold on to... something that resonates. If you don't have that, then you have nothing.

I don't pay attention to critics.

My advice always is to start very simple and master your timing and master the most simple beats that you can, and you just keep elevating from that. Trying to go right into playing fast is not necessarily the best way to go about it, because if you don't have your foundation locked in, it's hard to progress.

I've been into 3IOB since 'Battle Cry Under a Winter's Sun.' I've wanted to work with them since.

I got 'Reign In Blood' for Easter one year - how ironic is that?

You can't give up in life. You just can't do it, no matter what it is that is going on.

Every day is a good day above ground, and especially being able to play metal and being able to your craft and everything. You've gotta respect that, because it's something that can be taken away from you really quick.

'Blood Host' is super heavy. Especially on the verses, it has an industrial stomp. It's one of my favourite tracks just because the plot of it is so heavy. It's a total crushing tune; it doesn't get any heavier than that main riff, just a straight quarter-note powerhouse.

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

I'm honored people think enough of my playing to chase my sound. Hell, I chase other players' tones all the time.

A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test of time.

When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say, 'the blues.' The man is more than a musician. He's a monument.

Most blues guitar players don't concentrate on singing and melodies. And forget about the bridge - the bridge doesn't exist. They go straight for the solo.

I really loved being able to perform my songs and sing them myself.

John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.

'Beck-Ola' is a weird album.