I Have Found In Black Metal The

Forever Only Takes Its Toll On Some

There Definitely Isn't A Structure Anymore To How I Get Ideas. A Lot Of Times I'll Just Write Down A Phrase, Or I'll Have An Idea That's Attached To Just A Few Chords. Other Times, It's Work.

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.

It Would Be Really Nice To Make A Record That Would Be Super-fun To Play Live - A Record That Would Be Funny, With A Little Bit Of Heart.

I Don't Think, That All My Stuff Could've Been Records. Some, Maybe. The Ones That I Really Wanted To Be Records, Those Are The Ones That Are Going Into The Box.