Dead men always have the last laugh. They win. They're dead. You can't hurt their feelings anymore.

I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh, children are always singing. But I took music lessons, some choir and things like that at school. I learned how to play the guitar when I was about 13... ancient history.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

I don't have a problem doing interviews. It's not punishment. There's things about it that I don't like. No one else is really saying these kinds of things, so someone has to. I don't think that it's the most humbled thing to talk about yourself for hours and hours and hours.