I don't know if God would agree with me, but believing in God is kind of unimportant when compared to believing in yourself. Because if you go with the idea that God gave you a mind and an ability to judge things, then he would want you to believe in yourself and not worry about believing in him. By believing in yourself you will come to the conclusion that will point to something.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

I don't think people are fans of me because I wrote hit songs. I think they're fans because I'm a lunatic or a weirdo. The hit songs came out of my idiosyncratic personality, not the other way around.

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

The difficulty, if you're in the world - and this is for anybody - is the eventual disappointment that comes with having to meet other versions of reality. Imposed systems that ask you to compromise or sacrifice things which you consider holy or sacred.

I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens.