But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

I think artists are going to express things from an emotional point of view, that's their job, to suggest and interpret, and report what they witness. That's their job as artists, you're looking for the rub, where's the rub, you're a storyteller, you're looking for the rub, not necessarily the solutions, or you're not necessarily educated, you're not the winner of a debate contest, a national debate contest, you're not necessarily a person who has a doctorate in anything.

There is still a future with music, because people want music

There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.