It's the latter book that's been on his mind lately. He is rankled by the idea that it will be filed under "music" in book stores, as it's a serious look at the supernatural, which neither flatly denies paranormal occurrences, nor buys into all of the explanations for them. Much of the book was inspired by Taylor's own experiences.

As he told Radio.com, "It came down to, well, I've had all of these experiences. And yet, every explanation that has been offered to me has not been satisfactory, whether it's religious, or complete dismissal by the skeptics, or the purported 'ghost hunters,' who get more and more reactionary with every series. I'm more interested in the proof of it. I wanna know what this is, instead of just going 'Aaaah!' I'd rather go, 'Oh, that's what this could be.' Once I figured out that that's where I wanted to write it from, the rest of it just kind of fell together."

An avowed atheist, the book may not gel with Taylor's more religious friends, but he's careful how he treads on that ground: "I don't knock how people feel, I knock the religion itself. That's because so much of man's fingerprints are on religion. If there was more proof in God, I'd probably believe more in it. It's always been way more divisive than inclusive, so that's one the reasons I've never subscribed to that side of things."

His next book could well be a tutorial on how to budget your time. Besides all the aforementioned projects, in recent years, he's also guested on a number of albums, including Dave Grohl's Sound City, Travis Barker's Give The Drummer Some along with a solo holiday single, "X-M@$." He says he actually gets most of his work done while on the road. He's a lot more laid back when he's not on tour: "When I'm at home, I like to just be with my family. Be a dad, be the guy making lunch, dinner, breakfast. And then I lay on the couch for an hour, drink coffee and scratch myself."