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

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

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand.

I started thinking that if post modernism is about people opening up all their skeletons, I'm going the other way. I don't want anyone knowing anything about me anymore.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.