Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.

It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.

My desire is to be pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as I am, so the audience can experience what I have.

This question is posed to mayself, am I a man who thinks he's an angel? Or an angel who thinks he's a man?

People hate to describe their music. What we have come to call it is "beat up your mom" music. As far as describing what it sounds like, I guess you'd have to listen.

When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something.

It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them 'You are no different from me'.