I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

I'd never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.

I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.

I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access to. If you weren't on the football team, if you were in the band, you were a leper. When people say those were the best years of our lives, I want to scream.

God is dead, and no one cares! If there is a hell I'll see you there!

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.

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