When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

I think it would be nice to be a prince.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.

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.