We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.
Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.
I'm not Metallica, you can tell that I'm really not that angry in most of my songs.
As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.
Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can be a difficult thing to reconcile sometimes.
Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.
I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.
I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.
