His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name.

I didnt ask to save rock, I dont even like rock that much.

Try to find the right balance of keeping things exciting and treating your audience with respect, and also treating yourself as an artist with respect.

I think if there was an ISP tax of some sort, we can say to the consumer, 'All music is now available and able to be downloaded and put in your car and put in your iPod and put up your a-- if you want and it's $5 on your cable bill.'

Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.