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To Me, Music Shouldn't Be Ego-driven. When You Go Out On Stage And Play Songs, It Is. But When You're Sitting In A Room, Writing Songs, It's A Completely Different Process. It's A Completely Different Place. It's A Creative Place, A Musical Place. It Has Nothing To Do With Who Likes What.

I'm Pretty Critical, But I'm Also Pretty Good At Letting Go Once It's Done. There's This Existential Argument That Comes In, At Some Point, When You're Over-thinking The Songwriting Process. There's No Guarantee That The More Time You Spend Or The More You Concentrate On Certain Aspects That That's Going To Produce A Better Result, Especially In The Arts. Some Of The Most Brilliant Things That Someone Might Do Could Happen In Three Minutes Because It's Something That Just Occurs To Them.

Due To Irresolvable Personality Conflicts As Well As Musical Differences, I Am Permanently Leaving The Band Audioslave. I Wish The Other Three Members Nothing But The Best In All Of Their Future Endeavours.

Radio And Tv Can Still Push A Band, But Things Need To Be Shaken Up. There Is The Internet, But Mostly What I See There Is Little Kids On Youtube Playing Music.

Sometimes, If A Song Is Written, In Essence, To Be That Stripped Down, It's Very Touchy When You Start Adding Things, Because Even The Smallest Thing Can Have A Huge Impact. Somebody Has To Make The Decision That There's A Better Song In There If There's Less.