Image and music always works together for me. I think they're equally important and I've always done things in a way that people remember them by, but I don't set out to just shock people...because that's very easy, a lot of people could do that, I just like to do things the way that makes me happy really. And sometimes that's too much for certain people, but, you know, I try to push the envelope to make the boundaries wider as far as what you can and can't do in music.

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

I am the ism, my hate's a prism.

I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the way I should do things.

The boy that you loved is the man that you fear.

For me, the key to longevity - and immortality, in a sense - has to do with transformation.

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.