I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.

I'm male gigolo. Professionally? I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

Without intermediate artists, music is what "American Idol" decides is great or made by the very poor, because Sharon Osbourne's made everything free. No, we have to support our local artists. It's just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.

I got my influences from 70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released "Money", it wouldn't even get played.

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.