Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.

We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.

We get paid in flesh. Our audiences are sluts and whores, each and every one.

The industry is a menace to artists.

I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.

I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!

I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve.