I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.

Does anyone remember laughter?

When I was a kid, the world was such a big place, and I had no idea that I would be afforded these great moments in between doing what I love to do.

When you're 20 years old and you're making points with volume and dynamism, it's a fantastic thing to do.

Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties - but I'd never really touched on dark Americana.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

Alice Cooper's weirdnesses must really make the kids feel violent. These kids are like my sister, young people of 14 or so who've come to enjoy themselves. So you put things like that in front of them, and I don't think it's right.