I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.

We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.

You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.

I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.

Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.

I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility.

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.