You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.

I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.

At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family.

I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.

We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.

There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do.

You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.

You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.

When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.

Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.

One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.

Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.

I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around.

There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I didn't know what was happening, how it was going to be, how it was all going to feel. As time went on it was great. Everything felt good so we decided to go with it.

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.

Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer.

I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there to school me.

I really like doing portraits, but I like taking pictures of things that are natural, like scenery, too.

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

Take the leap. If you love theater more than anything, take the leap. It's so rich if you give over fully to it; there are no halfers or returnsies in this business - if you don't... There's no way to go other than full tilt with your life and job.

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.

If I were to leave Congress and want to start Farenthold TV, it would be very difficult. The fewer players there are, the fewer the opportunities to build a big enough audience to get on.

Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

Even today, a lot of the CGI you see in movies is so clean and crisp that it just looks fake. It's weird: the more advanced they get, the faker it looks.

Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.

I was a club kid. I was on the cover of 'New York' magazine and discovered like that.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

People will stare. Make it worth their while.

I love stories about people who are smart enough to know that what they're doing is destroying them, but that knowing that doesn't help them.

A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one.

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

If someone does not care about losing you, then move on. There are many people out there that would die if it meant losing you.

I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.

Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you.