When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.

I must say that we are tired and sick of his declarations. We are still waiting for some of his actions, some of his steps that he should take in order to stop the violence, the terror and the incitement that he instigated eight months ago.

We knew when we started this band that a lot of our appeal was going to be in the teen market. We knew that's who buys records; kids in college burn CDs.

The band has evolved so much. When we started, we wanted to make as much noise as possible. Now we can sit back and craft songs we really like.

Morale went in the toilet, and I'm speaking mildly, when this happened.