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I think, back when I was youn...

I think, back when I was younger, I was a lot more confident about certain things that I would write, and I didn't need the band's blessing or agreement; I would just kind of fight for it 'cause I knew it was good. And then the problem with getting older, especially when there's some success involved, you have a different measuring stick.

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He happens to be my father an...

He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20 minutes to hear a song which has been previously written for him.

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We make sure we have total ar...

We make sure we have total artistic control with our albums. We were working with Interscope Records, and they had a hard time with us having all the control. So when we signed with Warner Bros., we told them we would be working hands-on with our producer, and they were cool with it.

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I find that drummers are the ...

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

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As you get a little older and...

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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I don't like being locked in ...

I don't like being locked in a cage on the creative scale. I need an outlet.

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I am a product of an amalgama...

I am a product of an amalgamation of different teachers. If it was just one teacher, even just my father, I would be half the player that I am today.

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We're very much perfectionist...

We're very much perfectionists, so when we're putting on a huge show and want to play to the best of ability, we rehearse intensely. And I have a guitar pretty much in my hand for at least five hours before doing a show. I'm just noodling and mucking around and working on some of the songs here and there.

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We kinda were a radio-rock ba...

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.

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We listen to a lot of classic...

We listen to a lot of classical and a lot of jazz, and so you get some funky notes here and there. And we get a little experimental in some of the deeper tracks.

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We really wanted to circumven...

We really wanted to circumvent that online learning curve, where it's virtually impossible to use words to explain music.

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When we try and blend the two...

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.

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Our singer, Matt, was reading...

Our singer, Matt, was reading Stephen Hawking and other physics-related books, and I was reading entrepreneurial books, and we all started discussing the new technologies that were taking over the world, from 3-D printing to space travel. These conversations starting leading us to think of how we could portray these things in a musical way.

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We spend a lot of time with M...

We spend a lot of time with MIDI keyboards and various processors, and we just figure it out. And all those things you hear in our songs work as submelodies and countermelodies, and everything has to fit.

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I'm obsessed with great endin...

I'm obsessed with great endings and crazy intros and stuff like that. I think we all are from what we've listened to and stuff, so I've always focused on great bridge melodies that just kind of naturally fit, or like a crazy ending at the end of 'Seize the Day,' something like that.

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I'm not a big-effects sort of...

I'm not a big-effects sort of guy - I like to keep it simple.

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I think if you go to 'Strengt...

I think if you go to 'Strength of the World,' a song like that, the chorus isn't that great, but you go into the bridge and other things and the catchier parts and the better melodies we were really focused on.

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I can't imagine doing anythin...

I can't imagine doing anything cooler or better than what we did on 'The Stage' and felt like we're firing on all cylinders.

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When practicing, it's great t...

When practicing, it's great to break a part down into its different elements, start slowly, and then try to build up the speed until you're playing as fast as you possibly can.

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I used my Schecter for all my...

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

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