The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

I'd sort of dabbled in Black Magic, not practicing it, but I was interested in it. All these horrible things kept happening to me - a lot of my aunts and uncles started dying and I was seeing all these bloody things visiting me during the night.

It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.

I would not want to write something about something I do not think about

I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant