Everybody Is Influenced By Someone.

My First Favorite Band That Made Music Important To Me Was The Beatles. I Was A Little Kid. I Didn't Know Who Was Singing What Song Or Who Wrote What Song.

I Used To Work In Jobs I Hated Because I Needed The Money To Buy A Guitar. I Know What It Feels Like To Be Depressed. On The Other Hand, I Also Know What It Feels Like To Have Money, To Be Successful, To Be Independent, But I Can Tell You That Money And Success Never Solve Your Problems.

Children Should Always Feel Like The Adults Are Living In This World To Nurture Them, To Take Care Of Them, To Protect Them From Any Bad Thing That Might Come.

To Me, Music Shouldn't Be Ego-driven. When You Go Out On Stage And Play Songs, It Is. But When You're Sitting In A Room, Writing Songs, It's A Completely Different Process. It's A Completely Different Place. It's A Creative Place, A Musical Place. It Has Nothing To Do With Who Likes What.

Due To Irresolvable Personality Conflicts As Well As Musical Differences, I Am Permanently Leaving The Band Audioslave. I Wish The Other Three Members Nothing But The Best In All Of Their Future Endeavours.