Success isn't about reaching your goals; it's about striving for things, like the joy of trying to raise a family, trying to be a successful singer, trying to write good songs, trying to be a better person. It's that old thing about life being about the journey, not the destination.

No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We are lucky to be sharing it with them.

Jim Swan was my father, but Reg Barnes was my dad.

I'm my own worst critic.

For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them.

I use Pro Tools version 9 LE at home and I take that on the road with me.

The thing that scares me about the way the music industry has changed so much is that I'm afraid that the record, the album, will disappear, and it'll go back to the way it was in the '50s where everything is single-based.

In my opinion, I would still like to go into a studio - because I love the environment of being in a studio - and record a great album beginning to end, but then maybe not release it as an album. Maybe put singles out there, put songs out there - either give some away or release some the traditional way.

We do things the way we do them and we do them unashamedly. It's our art. If you don't like it, that's fine. You don't have to.

A&E eggnog, there's nothing like it anywhere on Earth. It's the best liquid ever made.

The future of Slipknot is always in doubt. I always prepare for each album as if it's gonna be the last.

I don't like to really dive too deep into politics.

As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a guitar that I can use live and in the studio.

Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things.

I don't seek out knowledge when it comes to guitar playing; I like to let it happen naturally.

I like to improvise so much live because I get bored playing the same thing over again. It's like the kid at school that already knows all the answers so doodles all over the paper. I do that a lot live.

I can't be on tour constantly if I really want to be creative.

You can't evaluate your situation when you're in a band, not really.

There is a solo on 'Spiders,' albeit a kind of a non-traditional solo, but that's what I love.

There's always something to rage about, right?

I don't like to try to put, like, 'Let's do this type of record,' 'cause it never turns out that way anyways.

I'm constantly writing, maybe a little more than other guys in the band. I find it a very therapeutic thing to do on the road, where you're estranged from your hobbies.

I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I have trouble.' You know what I mean?

I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.