Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.

I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played guitar, and the kind of songs, and the subject matter, and singing about child abuse, and all this stuff. I had to come from somewhere, and I had to take chances to do that.

There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.

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

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

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.