“At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energ...” — Phil Anselmo Quote

At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time.

To do an extreme metal record is something that is well within my capacity as a musician to write stuff out of the box, write stuff that's probably more extreme than the band I'm in at the present time, and it's something that needs to come out of me one way or another.

The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank goodness. But I've always contributed guitar parts to every band I've ever been in, so I'll always play the axe.

I loathe rock stars. I am a music nerd, a fan, a follower... just like any fan of music might be. And although I have blood-relatives, a lot of times I feel closer to my audience than my true family, because at least my fans get what I'm doing, to a certain extent, whereas my family does not.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.