I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get their opinions before making decisions, or if you pay too much attention to what other people say about what you create, that it really pollutes your expression. I think that I'm much more about pure art and honesty and expressing exactly what I feel, and not caring so much what anyone says. However, I do respect, and I do pay attention to everyone's comments. And I do take them into consideration. But I don't base my decisions by it

I've been able to watch and to weather a lot of different periods in entertainment, politics and life.

Law is only what is popular. Not what's right or wrong.

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.

All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.