He just complained and complained the whole time we were there...But it didn't make any difference in terms of how our day went, because nobody there cared where we were from.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

I've always had a really difficult time with loss.

I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant.

[You see, if the guys in Audioslave are going to take the time to make a video, they're not going to just settle for the same tired concept that's been recycled a hundred times over, but with a different cast of brooding and sordid characters. There needs to be something unique -- and whenever possible, something germane.] Most of the time, reading through treatments, it's like it could be any band, any song -- it doesn't matter that it's you or your song, ... The ideas are completely disconnected from the music and the image of the band.

[You see, if the guys in Audioslave are going to take the time to make a video, they're not going to just settle for the same tired concept that's been recycled a hundred times over, but with a different cast of brooding and sordid characters. There needs to be something unique — and whenever possible, something germane.] Most of the time, reading through treatments, it's like it could be any band, any song — it doesn't matter that it's you or your song, ... The ideas are completely disconnected from the music and the image of the band.