That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology.

Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillation of the moment.

We're both cat lovers [with Marilyn Manson].

Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.

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

Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll.

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