If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.

I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something.

America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost anything.

As far as what people think of me, maybe my stuff should just be put online for free downloads when I'm gone.

If I was gay, there would be no closet. You would never see the closet I came out of. Why? Because I'd have burned it for kindling by the time I was twelve... If I was gay, at this stage of the game?age 37, aging alternative icon?I'd be taking out ads.

The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud and hard. I like all that because inside me I feel like screaming.

I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.