I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.

I don't hate people - not remotely other than they make you crazy in traffic, but as I get older I kind of see more and more why people do what they do.

I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent on tours, some of that was extremely violent.

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention.

I'm always looking, people are always presenting and I have found that every year of my life there's been great bands. All over the world, all the time. So when someone goes, "Music sucks now!" I'll go, "I don't think so. Not over at my house."

Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?