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

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.

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

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.

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

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

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.