Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.

We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan--I'm not into it. It's silly.

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.