I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.

Life on the road can get a little one-dimensional. I didn't want to reach 40 and have to say all I'd done was look out the window of a tour bus and get drunk.

When I was in employment as a regular line pilot, I used to take unpaid leave to go on tour with Iron Maiden. I got lucky - they let me off

I guess that the salary that they get when they are working with me is, like, it beats working at McDonalds, so it has got some things going for it.

Tyranny of freedom is do what you like. There's a world gone crazy, cause it can't say no.

There are basically two categories of music: Metal and bullshit.

Nothing lasts forever but the certainty of change