A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.

Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting.

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

I'm not interested in pop art.

I rummage around in artistic things from the past. If you don't understand the context, they wouldn't make any sense. I rummage around in conceptual ideas of the future, but if you don't know the source of the thinking, [it] wouldn't make any sense.

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.