Al Jourgensen

I was a pretty delinquent little kid. My folks and I didn't get along, so I basically moved out... put myself through high school and then college by working. I'm only a half-year short of a degree in history. ”

I never read comic books as a kid. ”

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin. ”

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me. ”

If you remember the '90s, you weren't there. ”

I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer. ”

Being on stage is not creating, it's re-creating. ”

I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of. ”

If I did all the stuff I've been accused of - or credited with - there's no way I could make all this music. I'd be drinking myself into the grave. ”

If you had a Ministry box set under your Christmas tree, wrapped in paper, 'From Beer to Eternity' is the bow that goes around the present, you know what I mean? ”