There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.