My family is out of the ordinary in our physical lifestyle and the day-to-day things that we deal with, but my approach to them is pretty rational and sound. And I'm the quiet one! It's very different from my performing life.

I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as recorded by my band Twisted Sister. There is almost nothing on which I agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X.

I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you.

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

Kiss is like a smell in a paper bag, they just never go away

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.