Randy Blythe

Do you think I had some depression as a child? If I was, I suffered from that and they're like, yeah, I definitely think you were a very sensitive child. And I certainly felt that way. And I internalized that outsider feeling and it was, it was not good. It was not good. Angry and depressed. That's how it made me feel. How about that?

Did you ever feel like that at all? As if I was putting on a mask? Like I said, I think we all wear masks to a certain degree. I think that's how we function in social groups. We have to, there's an unspoken social contract where you can't say every single thing that comes through your mind.

Did you ever feel like that at all? As if I was putting on a mask? Like I said, I think we all wear masks to a certain degree. I think that's how we function in social groups. We have to, there's an unspoken social contract where you can't say every single thing that comes through your mind.

Did you ever feel like that at all? As if I was putting on a mask? Like I said, I think we all wear masks to a certain degree. I think that's how we function in social groups. We have to, there's an unspoken social contract where you can't say every single thing that comes through your mind.

I don't know about you, because some crazy things come from my mind that I just shouldn't speak out loud from time to time. But for the most part, I gave up on the mask pretty much young, where I just didn't understand why people would care. I don't come from money.

I don't know about you, because some crazy things come from my mind that I just shouldn't speak out loud from time to time. But for the most part, I gave up on the mask pretty much young, where I just didn't understand why people would care. I don't come from money.

I don't know about you, because some crazy things come from my mind that I just shouldn't speak out loud from time to time. But for the most part, I gave up on the mask pretty much young, where I just didn't understand why people would care. I don't come from money.

So I never, when I grew up, I would wear hand-me-down clothes and those were not the most in-style clothes or whatever when I was younger. And people, they would make fun of me or they'd make fun of the neighborhood I lived in. And because it was not a wealthy neighborhood. And I, for a while, just did not understand why this was. I'm like, it's not my fault that I don't have the new clothes.

So I never, when I grew up, I would wear hand-me-down clothes and those were not the most in-style clothes or whatever when I was younger. And people, they would make fun of me or they'd make fun of the neighborhood I lived in. And because it was not a wealthy neighborhood. And I, for a while, just did not understand why this was. I'm like, it's not my fault that I don't have the new clothes.

So I never, when I grew up, I would wear hand-me-down clothes and those were not the most in-style clothes or whatever when I was younger. And people, they would make fun of me or they'd make fun of the neighborhood I lived in. And because it was not a wealthy neighborhood. And I, for a while, just did not understand why this was. I'm like, it's not my fault that I don't have the new clothes.

And who cares? It's about being a good person. And that really affected me emotionally. I tried to fit in. As I said, it didn't work. I was just like, screw this. I am not changing myself.

And who cares? It's about being a good person. And that really affected me emotionally. I tried to fit in. As I said, it didn't work. I was just like, screw this. I am not changing myself.

And who cares? It's about being a good person. And that really affected me emotionally. I tried to fit in. As I said, it didn't work. I was just like, screw this. I am not changing myself.

so i as i said as a sensitive very good natured child that sort of nature that the good natured sensitivity began transformed into a sort of external hard shell of anger i think and i don't know if it's so much a mask i was putting on is it was just a reaction to my inability to understand the way My peer group functioned at such a young age.

so i as i said as a sensitive very good natured child that sort of nature that the good natured sensitivity began transformed into a sort of external hard shell of anger i think and i don't know if it's so much a mask i was putting on is it was just a reaction to my inability to understand the way My peer group functioned at such a young age.

so i as i said as a sensitive very good natured child that sort of nature that the good natured sensitivity began transformed into a sort of external hard shell of anger i think and i don't know if it's so much a mask i was putting on is it was just a reaction to my inability to understand the way My peer group functioned at such a young age.

I basically became a walking middle finger for a long time. I don't think it's so much a mask. It was more like a protective shell. And that's not sustainable either, though, after a while, because you grow up and who wants to hang around the constantly angry guy? That's not cool. You don't get a lot of, oh, he's always mad. Let's invite him to the party. That doesn't work either.

I basically became a walking middle finger for a long time. I don't think it's so much a mask. It was more like a protective shell. And that's not sustainable either, though, after a while, because you grow up and who wants to hang around the constantly angry guy? That's not cool. You don't get a lot of, oh, he's always mad. Let's invite him to the party. That doesn't work either.

I basically became a walking middle finger for a long time. I don't think it's so much a mask. It was more like a protective shell. And that's not sustainable either, though, after a while, because you grow up and who wants to hang around the constantly angry guy? That's not cool. You don't get a lot of, oh, he's always mad. Let's invite him to the party. That doesn't work either.

So now I didn't really – past a certain – right around sixth grade, I just gave up. I was like, these people don't like me. I can't get a girlfriend like everyone else. They make fun of my clothes. They think I'm weird because I read books, which I thought was asinine even then. I even had teachers make fun of the way I read. And I was like, just screw these people then.