I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it.

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

When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

We've turned into a whining society.

I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out.

That's the age that people are exploited, exploitable, and they're easily manipulated. The problem with me is, you can't manipulate me anymore. I've seen it, I know it, I've been there. And that's partially why, particularly in America, you see issues with artists as they get older. And they like to keep it a young man's game. Because that's how they can fudge around with the rules.