I`m definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it`s not very productive to come in with nothing.
I`ll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can`t underestimate band chemistry.
I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn`t call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.