I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.

I like to write about things that are dark or twisted. Where the poetry seems to be is when you start in the dark and reach for the light - that's what makes it not depressing to me.

I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.

The beauty's in the scars.

The Queens Of The Stone Age have teamed up with multimedia wizard brain Liam Lynch to make the video for 'Burn The Witch' , a home-made affair that's just in time for Halloween. For the band, playing both the roles of cast and crew paid ginormous dividends, in the form of a video that cuts the heads off all contemporaries .

Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.