Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities.

This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.

Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man.