The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone.

It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f___ing Glee. And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f___ing show… f___ that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.

I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

A lot of the records you buy, there's nothing you can hold in your hand, it's all 1′s and 0′s, this digital cloud floating in the ether, but with analog albums, you can hold it in your hand.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.

If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward.