I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden!

We really wanted to create an album that had no boundary or limit to it. There's nothing to say that we couldn't release a song that belongs on 'The Stage' 20 years into our career. We want it to be an album that constantly grows with what we want to do, and that's what we did.

With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to play it live. The thing about practicing is that once you master something, you don't have to remaster it. You just keep moving forward.

We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes Avenged truly unrelenting and building off of that.

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

You just wake up every single day with a clear mind and basically just have fun and be positive, because God knows what could happen, you know?

People discuss parenting the way they talk about denominations of faith.

Be sweet and honest always, but for God's sake don't eat my doughnuts!