\"I feel like im getting myself out of an uncomfortable, unhealthy situation, and it\'s for the best for everyone, and I\'m ready to move on with my life. I still plan to play and be involved in music and am looking for a new project to pursue.\"

The remaining members of Every Time I Die have issued the following statement:

\"Yesterday morning we received text messages that he wasn\'t going to continue anymore. 15 years ago, when someone left their band, they would get drunk, fight their friends, and we\'d learn about it from Kurt Loder at 10 minutes before the hour. Today it\'s in a text messages and you guys find out on a messageboard. To be honest, it was something we have seen coming for some time now, but were uncertain as to exactly when or how it was going to happen because, as everyone who has ever met him knows, his communication skills leave much to be desired. For the past year it has felt like we were playing with a drum machine or a pre recorded backing track. (...) Whatever his reasons were, he simply was not a part of us anymore mentally or emotionally.\"