I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

There's a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.

In this business, you have so little control over things, but one of the things you can control is who you work with.

I don't mind having a one-hit wonder as long as I have a career in show business, which has been fabulous.

When I graduated from college, I went straight to work for a federal contractor, a desk job, and they were great to me, they loved me, I was like their mascot, but I just couldn't stand working in an office. I just hated it. And so one day I went in and said, 'I'm sorry, this is my two-weeks notice, I'm quitting to become an artist.'

Any time you're a type, your career's over.