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" 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. "

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" Just based on the primary adage of the necessity breeding innovation, it was just like 'Well, what makes me the guitar player that I am?' and I feel like I listen to so much different music, and I'm a student of so many genres of music, and I feel like it's fun to apply those things and anything super applicable to any type of music. "

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" We kinda were a radio-rock band. We were still pretty technical, but I think the prog people hated us because we didn't do a bunch of weird time signatures... which are cool at times, but I'm more interested in progressive harmony. "

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

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

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" Maybe we'll do some fun stuff here and there, but I don't want to record any more songs. "

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

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

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" I used my Schecter for all my rhythms and most of my solos, certainly the fast solos. "

" Rolling Stones came later for me. I was a Beatles guy. All of us were pretty much more along the lines of Beatles guys than we were Stones or Elvis. "

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

" We don't ever spread ourselves too thin. And sometimes it's a little bit to the chagrin of our fans; they don't get albums... I mean, The Beatles were doing two albums a year at one point. "

" I use Bogner amps and custom-designed Schecter guitars with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups. I beef up my tone with a Boss CS- 3 Compression Sustainer. It's kinda like my secret weapon. "

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" Lyrically, 'Nightmare' is an absolute masterpiece to me. "

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" We have a lot of fun. There are no holds barred when it comes to writing music for us. "

" Lyrically, 'Planets' is the precursor to 'Acid Rain'; it's about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human species aligning together to go fight something much better than us, our individual trials and tribulations. "

" We spent a lot of time in the studio. I mean, we've spent a lot of time on tour, too. "

" My little brother played drums, so we had a drum set over at my house. "

" Some people will basically just shred all over everything, even a ballad. I'm glad I wasn't born with that genetic chip - the need to just wheedle-whee all over the place. "

" We tried our best for so long to make the heaviest record we could make. "

" I wouldn't be one-third of the player I am today if it wasn't for Avenged. They're an inspiring group of guys, and I'm constantly challenged to write things beyond my ability and then figure out how to play them. "

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

" The thing about me is that I'm very fortunate to have had the opportunities with Avenged Sevenfold in songwriting. I really think it's helped to bolster my guitar playing as well. "

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

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" We're happier when we're with friends on tour. "

" 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. "

" When we do find someone we trust, like our tour manager, they become an official part of the band. We take our time to make sure whoever we trust has our best interest in mind. "

" When we try and blend the two together, the songwriting and the touring like we did before, it doesn't really work. We tend to become very focused on what we are doing. And we tend to be a little bit one-track-minded. "

" There's nothing like having some healthy competition. We really strive to think outside the box by taking the standard approach the then twisting it a little, all the while trying something new. "

" There are those people who try to change what you're doing. We don't like that. When we went into the studio for 'City of Evil,' we had 99 percent of the songs finished and ready to record. "

" Our music is being played on MTV and the radio. That's something that still blows us away. And we did it our way. "

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