105 Quotes by M. Shadows

I think everyone in the band has had someone that's served in their family. I wouldn't say that anybody has a military family, but both of my grandfathers were in the military.

We write when the time comes, and we try to be exciting, and stuff that excites us usually makes the record.

Someone sent me an article on AI that was written by Tim Urban on the website Wait but Why - that was kind of where I stuck my toes in the puddle, and I said, 'OK, I've gotta learn about this!' I felt like this is one of those things that our generation is going to have to answer for, eventually, and I just wanted to educate myself on it.

Personally, I just want to hear good songs.

I was a fan of 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,' and I got into 'Call Of Duty: Black Ops,' which was my favorite 'Call Of Duty' game of all time.

We don't want to become like country artists where there's a formula.

I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about things. I also enjoy when a fan can just put something on, and they really know nothing about music other than they like it and it touches them in some way.

When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI.

Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.