My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.

As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.

The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting when they show up and see what is sitting around them.