I think everybody had difficulties with that dynamic, turning the family into a band and being constantly together. So everybody, as individuals. had things to sort out.

I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.

I didn't have a particular persona. I'm not Alice Cooper, you know?

I really love singing.

Everybody gets too drunk sometimes; and even if everybody didn't, I have gotten too drunk sometimes. I haven't hurt anybody. In Ireland we drink a lot. It's part of our culture. I like drinking. I don't think it's a bad thing.

I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be in real life.

Life does throw some hard stuff at you as you get older, much harder. But you are more able to deal with things.