2 min readMay 29, 2022
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- I meet these rock guys, these metal guys, and we are very real.
- You know, I mean, we’re all made to wear these faces, you know, of what we think society would want.
- We’re tired of band videos where all you see is musicians playing in some random church or out in a desert.
- Playing for the troops is always an honor and seriously humbling.
- Media, politics, women, family, friends, good relationships, bad relationships, all inspire me.
- It’s taken a lot for me to understand that the position I’m in is meant to benefit other people.
- Yeah, it’s kind of tongue-in-cheek. You know, Five Finger Death Punch doing ‘Mama Said Knock You Out.’ It was just really funny for us.
- I don’t want to tell people what to think.
- I learned what it was like to not battle myself anymore, which is really difficult to admit, because at the end of the day — and I’m sure anyone can agree with this — you’re your own worst enemy.
- We’ve toured with so many bands, and we’ve noticed that there are a few of them… Metallica, Rammstein, Tool — those aren’t bands, those are events.
- When I decided to get sober, there were a lot of chemical imbalances that came along with that, physically as well as mentally.
- I’m a huge Ray Lewis fan and Ravens fan in general.
- There’s a sense of family in Colorado; there’s such a pride factor there.
- You know, we love what we do, man, and I don’t want to be one of those bands that we write an album, tour for two years and then take a year and a half off.
- When somebody’s telling you you’re godly and you saved their life, and this and that and the other, I’m going, ‘Well, who’s saving mine?’
- My sobriety is a huge deal.
- Something I will point out to everybody in the world, and I am not afraid to say it: these rap guys about as hard as soft butter. That’s all there is to it.
- It’s so good to be alive, man.
- The great thing about being a musician today is that you can explore your creativity in multiple ways without compromising your primary focus.
- For me, I feed off everything, from bad politics to religion to relationships — I mean, just life in general. And, yeah, I’m not necessarily happy with the state of things. And I think that I get to use music as a release.