I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.

Sometimes you get an audience that's looking to just explode.

We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.