We do a lot of things that kind of annoy people and our fan base. We try not to get overloaded on it. For us, that means we don't do social media stuff - we have an Avenged Sevenfold social media, but none of the band members have Facebooks or any sort of Twitter.

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The reality is you either step into the future, or you become a dinosaur.

I think 'The Stage' is kind of left field.

Those who are not very good at understanding mental health issues are not going to know what other people are going through in depression. You have to kind of put yourself in somebody else's shoes.

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

Unless someone physically tries to attack me, I don't care what anyone does.

If you make money, what's it worth if you can't be with your family?