I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.

I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.

To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?