I woke up to everybody screaming that we're all gonna die. I was in this dream state and wasn't even sure what was happening. We landed on the door side down and Andy (Williams, guitarist) busted out the back window with his head, so we got out through that.

I listened to the first quarter-and-a-half on the radio. I was screaming at the radio, so I figured I might as well just go and watch it ... and I'm yelling at the TV. It was tough to watch.

Your real name is a mortal name. Now you need one that is immortal, the one that takes the high stage and plays above the rest. You can't be immortal and mortal at the same time.

I never disliked humanity more than when I watched how indifferently they reacted to creation

When I was 15, 16 and joining this band when I was 18, I was just enthralled, and going to a basement and seeing it filled with kids was the best thing in the world. Now I'm looking at it like 'Basements? Is that really as good as it gets here?' And now there are Buffalo bands saying they're only going to play basements, like a rebellion thing. For us, there weren't any other options.

It's been like a bad dream I never woke from.