The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.

Honey, I'm a cocksucker, what are you?

I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

This violent rage that turned inward cannot be helped by drink.

Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle.