I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.