He began life writing classical music, ... He didn't actually write his first rock 'n roll song until he was 21, whereas he'd been writing classical music since he was 16.

I had the idea of using Glen Benton on the song before even writing anything. However, instead of writing a typical death metal song, I wanted to do something a little more structured, even hooky, while still maintaining death metal and blast beat aspects.

The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.

For me, music and life are all about style.

Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.

Poetry is the language of the soul;
Poetic Prose, the language of my heart.
Each line must flow as in a song,
and strike a chord that rings forever.
To me, words are music!