It's really hard to make records and concentrate and have a free mind, because I have this whole other life. If you don't have kids it's a whole other thing. I think you can be fifty and still have a rock and roll lifestyle; you can still perpetuate that.

It's so hard [to be parent] and no matter how old you get and how experienced you get you're always scared you're going to screw it up and you're going to make a mistake.

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.

Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.

I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.

At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I'd be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just leave it.