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" All of my solos were improvised initially - I would go in and get my bearings and see what I came up with. "

" As you get a little older and start drinking a bit more coffee, you start talking about big-boy things a little more. "

" Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier. "

" Breaking Benjamin, they're such incredible songwriters. "

" Bullet for My Valentine, we're bros. We've been in the trenches with those guys. "

" During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try and find an identity of your own, but they're still... They were the pioneers and the trailblazers. "

" Everybody's lost somebody, and I think they all miss them incredibly. "

" Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when you're all done with the grind - which it is always an incredible grind for us to write records - I think it makes it that much more special to hear the final product. "

" For the first two weeks after he passed, we were done as a band. We were just done. And because of the fans and Jimmy's parents and relatives and stuff like that, they just demanded that we continue on and spread the legacy that is, you know, the crazy James 'The Rev' Sullivan. "

" He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20 minutes to hear a song which has been previously written for him. "

" I am a product of an amalgamation of different teachers. If it was just one teacher, even just my father, I would be half the player that I am today. "

" I can't imagine doing anything cooler or better than what we did on 'The Stage' and felt like we're firing on all cylinders. "

" I don't feel like we have that Paul McCartney gene, and I think the cool thing about us is that we know it. "

" I don't like being locked in a cage on the creative scale. I need an outlet. "

" I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and the harmony line is major and minor sixths below it. "

" I don't really play a lot of slide in general, but it was fun getting into that style and exploring it. "

" If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody. "

" I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums. "

" If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration. "

" If you write a country song, and it's the best song you've ever written but throw it out because you're a metal band, you'd be an idiot. "

" I hate to debunk the myth - kids don't wanna hear it - but as songwriters, you have to polish your craft a little bit and hone it as much as possible. "

" I hope we're not the last of the Mohicans when it comes to putting on a big, crazy, over-the-top theatrical rock show. "

" I learned sweep picking from a variety of sources. One was a Frank Gambale instructional video, but he executes his sweeps a little differently. "

" I'm a huge Weezer fan, and 'Pinkerton' is just a crazy, crazy neurotic album. "

" I'm not a big-effects sort of guy - I like to keep it simple. "

" I'm obsessed with great endings and crazy intros and stuff like that. I think we all are from what we've listened to and stuff, so I've always focused on great bridge melodies that just kind of naturally fit, or like a crazy ending at the end of 'Seize the Day,' something like that. "

" In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe of the song. And I think that's partly due to the fact that I grew up listening to just about everything under the sun. I'm very open to music, and I like to do things in a traditional and musical way. "

" I think, back when I was younger, I was a lot more confident about certain things that I would write, and I didn't need the band's blessing or agreement; I would just kind of fight for it 'cause I knew it was good. And then the problem with getting older, especially when there's some success involved, you have a different measuring stick. "

" I think if you go to 'Strength of the World,' a song like that, the chorus isn't that great, but you go into the bridge and other things and the catchier parts and the better melodies we were really focused on. "

" I think it's beneficial to practice with a metronome or drum machine in order to strengthen your sense of time. It will help your concept of time and improve your feel. "

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