► “I just think that too many bands want to be their favorite bands, that they wish that they had got there first. In my opinion, they really need to get over it, move on, stop copying other people. Its good to be inspired by someone else’s talent and originality, but only if it’s inspiring you to come up with a concept just as original and just as good of your own - its no good if you’re imitating because then you’re missing the point and nothing progresses, nothing changes.”

► Karl Steiger, 2007.

► “Any band that needs to spend a million dollars polishing up their album can’t have much in the way of talent. Haven’t they ever heard of the whole ‘you can’t polish a turd’ ethos?”

► Karl Steiger, 2006.

► “The moment a singer or frontman pretends to be from somewhere that they’re not, whether it be in their singing style, lyrics, accent or visual look, they’ve just thrown away what made them real, what made them unique, what made them them. There’s nothing worse than an American band who try to sound like they’re English, or a British band trying to sound like they grew up in the Bronx. Always sound like yourself. I know I will. Anything less would be a lie.”

► Karl Steiger, 2007.

► “Some guys join or form bands to have sex with women, take drugs, get drunk, party, whatever. I was doing all this stuff before I formed a band, I don’t need to make music to do these things. I make music for the sake of making music.”

► Karl Steiger, 2006.

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