I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance.

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

It makes me crazy to think that somebody might attack my city or any other city.

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.

Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel.

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.