A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far greater importance than the business I seem to be in. Everywhere I go in the world, people ask me about the business that I seem to be in, but I'm not really in that business.

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.