I knew there was something about 'Sun Medallion,' in particular, because I just had to record it the second I wrote it.

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You've gotta dive into the abyss if you wanna get anything good. Every record, you've gotta go down in the abyss and hope that you come out of it alive.

down good you hope

That's always my downfall on tour: the food. I just want to eat everything.

everything always want food

My dad took me and my brother to see Corrosion of Conformity. All I remember was that there was a dude swinging a chain in the mosh pit, and the bouncers were dragging him out.

me dad brother remember

I used to play video games all the time, but now I don't because I don't have an attention span.

video-games play time attention

I love Hanukkah because it's so weird. You just sit there and light candles and say spells.

weird you light love

Bob Saget is the bear from the Golden Crisp box.

crisp bear box golden

I'm in East L.A., like Mount Washington, Highland Park. There's a little strip that they're gentrifying, trying to make a hip spot, but you go there, and it's just kind of barren. Nobody hangs out anywhere in L.A. There's no loitering in L.A., so I don't know what to do with myself.

nobody myself know you

I have a 15-passenger van, which is not fun to drive in L.A. ever.

ever which drive fun

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

because good band practice

Every record has been very different, so I can't really compare them. The first record was good. I originally recorded about half the songs on that one in 2003 or something, and then I went back a few years later and re-recorded them and added some other songs.

something back good different

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

find something you trying

I think the key to great art and great artists is to just fully be yourself and not be scared of that, and be the extremes of your personality. Show the extremes of your personality and embrace the imperfections. Embrace the things about yourself that you might not like.

yourself you personality art

You do anything long enough, and somebody will end up paying attention to it.

end you attention long

I had just made this album called 'Mind Blow,' a CD-R release on Spirit of Orr. This was in 2003. Quite a few of the songs from 'Was Dead' were actually on that.

dead just spirit mind

I loved living with my parents - that's probably why I did it for so long. But it was almost too easy to live there. I had to force myself to get out, had to challenge myself. I had to start a new chapter.

challenge parents myself long

I like recording by myself wherever I can, just because then I feel like I have ultimate freedom, and I can just control whatever I want to put down. There's something about going into your own little world.

feel myself freedom world

Over time, certain people don't want to go on tour, and that can easily break up a band.

go want time people

I love collaborating with people, but I also really love working by myself.

working myself love people

I love dogs. I think dogs are way smarter. Maybe I can be the dog spokesman for the rock world. There are a lot of cat people making rock music.

music dog love people

Vermont will always be my home in my heart, but I really love L.A.

will home heart love