I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.

I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.