One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate of the whole planet in our hands.

When I was 16, the pot weeded out the men from the boys, there were the heads and the straights. Now it's almost like money can weed it out, you know?

I don't like to think that I'm on a treadmill of album, tour, promotion and all that.

How much did you get for your soul?

I think if I lost an edge, or the music didn't have the aggression or whatever, which is maybe one of the hallmarks of what I do, if indeed it is, I still think if you have something original in what you do and you keep doing that, then you're all right.

The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room.

Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.