Rather Be Dead Than Cool.

My Mother Encouraged Me To Be Artistic. It Was Written In A Contract At An Early Age That I Would Be An Artist.

My Body Is Damaged From Music In Two Ways. I Have A Red Irritation In My Stomach. It's Psychosomatic, Caused By All The Anger And The Screaming. I Have Scoliosis, Where The Curvature Of Your Spine Is Bent, And The Weight Of My Guitar Has Made It Worse. I'm Always In Pain, And That Adds To The Anger In Our Music.

I've Had This Terrible Stomach Problem For Years, And That Has Made Touring Difficult. People Would See Me Sitting In The Corner By Myself Looking Sick And Gloomy. The Reason Is That I Was Trying To Fight Against The Stomach Pain, Trying To Hold My Food Down. People Looked Me And Assumed I Was Some Kind Of Addict.

I Always Wanted To Experience The Street Life Because My Teenage Life In Aberdeen Was So Boring. But I Was Never Really Independent Enough To Do It. I Applied For Food Stamps, Lived Under The Bridge, And Built A Fort At The Cedar Mill.

After I Reached My Teens I Decided I Didn't Want To Hang Out With Anyone. I Couldn't Handle The Stupidity.