The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

Christianity made us think there's one heaven.

Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.

If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!

I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.

I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.