As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.

Some visualize the Pistols era in shades of black and white. It wasn't. Actually, the colors I envision are neon or army dirt green with fluorescent pink--anything that would annoy."

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

I like America's diversity and its landscapes.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.