Growing up in the '70s, it was only a few years before that when men started to grow their hair long. And in the '70s, people were pushing the envelope a little farther, with men having even more style and piercing both their ears and wearing makeup.

We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right.

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.

I never understood bands saying Nirvana had anything to do with derailing their career. Maybe those bands didn't have the goods.

When I first moved to New York, I was friends with a lot of dancers - people from Merce Cunningham's company and things like that.

Outlander' is based on a group of books; there's a slight fantasy element to it, but ours is authentic - we try to stick to historical accuracy as possible. Ours is about a small group of people and a core relationship rather than big armies.

I certainly don't know a lot of anti-Semitic people, but I've got plenty of friends that have a whole bunch of Jew jokes up their sleeve, and every time it's relevant, it will come up.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.