A chance to work with the guys from Isis sounded like a lot of fun. I've always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs.

- Chino Moreno

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard as musicians worked making them, I feel like they were really enjoying what they were going through. They weren't just going through the process. You can tell that with certain things that you listen to.

- Chino Moreno

When you're younger, you have a lot more aggression.

- Chino Moreno

When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you've pretty much heard the whole song, that's kind of a bummer.

- Chino Moreno

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was spending years making records.

- Chino Moreno

Old Korn records had so much intensity.

- Chino Moreno

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

- Chino Moreno

I've always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music.

- Chino Moreno

I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands.

- Chino Moreno

I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.

- Chino Moreno

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and things like that.

- Chino Moreno

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.

- Chino Moreno

Anything I do with Team Sleep, I'd do with Deftones as well.

- Chino Moreno

I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear if you listen to my guitar.

- Chino Moreno

I have this natural want to... when things sound very easy and straightforward, something inside me always makes me want to take a left turn. If it comes to me and it's too simple, there has to be a more complicated route. I will complicate things like that at times.

- Chino Moreno

I don't watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.

- Chino Moreno

The Butcherettes are led by a female singer, and they're sort of wild.

- Chino Moreno

I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I've ever been to.

- Chino Moreno

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

- Chino Moreno

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

- Chino Moreno