I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.

Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.

I need to broaden my horizons.

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.

Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.

I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all.

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

I know young people are all going to have different passions, but I would say that if you happen to have a heart for animals, never forget that without your voice, there is no channel for them.

May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.

The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.