As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.

I've been going through some pretty crazy stuff. And I've had to deal with a few people that I thought were pretty close to me turning around and just trying to destroy me, I think.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.