I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.

I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.

It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.

When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.

I don't want to play old music. To me, it is fighting battles that are already over and calling yourself a warrior. For me, I see no courage or adventure in doing the old thing over again. If others want to, that's for them. For myself, I have to move on. Life is too short to live in the past. There is a lot to be done.

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

I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power.