Elias

I love the blues. I love rock. I love classic rock. I love country. All types of music I can appreciate. ”

It was when I got to NXT with Dusty Rhodes, being the creative force he was, and told us to bring our most creative side every single week. One of those weeks, I brought the guitar and started telling stories while I played, and it just evolved from there. ”

I haven't expressed this too much in public, but I have a friendship to a degree with Bruce Springsteen. ”

It's tough to say what separates me from everyone else. I guess it's one of the things that the audience feels as soon as the spotlight hits me. All I can say is that I'm being as true to myself the best way I can. ”

Everything I do is true to the person I am. To me, there's not too much distinction between Elias and my former name. ”

The whole journey of being a wrestler is also a journey of finding yourself and who you are. If it feels natural to you, it's natural to me because I'm just being myself every time I'm out there. ”

I'm a big-time Johnny Cash fan. ”

I guess, throughout my entire time in NXT, I didn't really have any false expectations of what it would be like to reach the main roster. I knew you'd have to work harder. I knew you'd have to bring it every single time. ”

There was a time that I was The Drifter in NXT, and I did not want to break my guitar because that was the only guitar I had. ”