I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you.

Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.

If you can answer the question of why you’re doing it, it’s the right thing to do.

I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.

You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf.

Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.