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Life takes you down weird paths.
I don't pay attention to critics.
I'm used to living out of a suitcase.
I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.
With me, I would never lose my sight of music.
I use Pearl Eliminator Pedals and I swear by them.
I'm just as much into Emperor as I am Alice Cooper.
Without Metallica, I wouldn't play the way that I do.
Slipknot is hard work; I don't care what anybody says.
The first mask I had was an original pale-white kabuki mask.
I didn't quit Slipknot. I would never have quit Slipknot, ever.
Proper Sabbath is Sabbath with Bill Ward. I'm sorry, it just is.
I got 'Reign In Blood' for Easter one year - how ironic is that?
One of the things I love about this job is meeting different people.
Every day, I look at life different; I don't take things for granted.
The riffs, lyrics, and drums of 'Open Your Omen' will tell you a lot.
I lie more with drums and the more heavy and darker aspects of music.
Metal music is a very fan-oriented, fan-protected music - very sacred.
The music has always been the first and foremost element in our career.
Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.
When I first heard Korn, they blew me away, and I've been a fan ever since.
It's not about the names or the faces: it's about the music we are creating.
The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.
A lot of the time, I will write a guitar riff first. I don't write drum riffs first.
I wasn't worried about flash or persona... It's all about writing a good, solid song.
Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.
I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.
If you only play metal, it's going to be very apparent that you're a one-dimensional drummer.
Making the 'Sulfur' video continued our quest to make a video different and visually stimulating.
I've been into 3IOB since 'Battle Cry Under a Winter's Sun.' I've wanted to work with them since.
I was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.
'My Swan Song' - that song is so depressing but uplifting at the same time, you know what I mean?
Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.
I pretty much use the same stuff live that I use in the studio. I don't like the feel to change too much.
If I ever modelled for Calvin Klein I'd give myself to a flock of fans to beat me silly with a baseball bat.
I just can't bring myself to see Sabbath without Bill Ward, because he was such an integral part of that band.
Heavy music is really getting its due. With nu-metal fallen by the wayside, real metal has started to surface.
I've been a fan of Zombie's since the beginning. I've toured with them and have always wanted to play for them.
I sleep music. I wake up, and there's a riff in my head. Every step I take, there's a riff, a beat, or something.
I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to perform with bands that have influenced me as a musician over the years.
Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for.
The thing about this band is that every member of the band is a song-writer so that takes some of the pressure off.
I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.
Slipknot's not about who's in the band. It's a lifeblood. It's a force. It's about a connection between a bunch of people.
I'm so excited 'Doctor Who''s coming back. It's a great show, wild and exciting. I watched it as a kid, and it freaked me out.
That's where I learned, basically, all my skills from the drumming that I do - most of my style comes straight from death metal.
The drum records that I like are ones on which the drumming didn't repeat itself. The players didn't stick to a format or formula.
The mask is a pain thing. It's clammy, and your body is moving all over, and you're locked into this thing, and you can't get out.
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.
When everyone tells you, 'No, no, no,' your creative forces get a little twisted and turn into something more apocalyptic than ever.