Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.

I know many beautiful songs from your home county, Carbon, and Monroe, and I hitchhiked through there and stayed in the homes of miners.

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they’re supposed to be leaders in the world, they’re followers. They follow what they think someone else is...

I think its man’s nature to go to war and fight.

When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would write something for my own pleasure or I would write...

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an...

We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

I’m a total performer.

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

I’ve always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.

It’s especially going to be great to get out there and perform in front of big crowds without having to worry about the competition aspect of it.

I feel that my ear candy is a little different from the ear candy most people are receiving right now.

We were sharecroppers – we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something.

They’re simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there’s no great challenge In being a classical drummer.

It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it’s more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don’t have to control what people...

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap...

Piano should be the one. Yeah, because that’s your basis. Everything is right there in front of you.

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard.

A rhyme doesn’t make a song.

I am not strict vegan, because I’m a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I’ll have it.

I think what’s happening here is, there’s a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now.

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

Yes, I can play. I can play. I can’t play as long as I did and as hard, but I don’t think I have to.

When I wrote those two songs, I couldn’t have been any closer to the bottom.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

I don’t regret any decisions I’ve made in my life.

It’s like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.

I didn’t develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.

I don’t see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

You’re allowed to rip-off another score so close that it’s ridiculous. In my opinion it’s ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that happened a year or two earlier.

I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.

I don’t go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we’re in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

I love both my parents dearly.

I don’t know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I – or anyone else – could not make any...

Had I joined a straight rock band, I’m sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there’s no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as...

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn’t leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was...

They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could.

God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play.

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record...

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf.

It’s a no win situation. I had food allergies. My body had basically shut down and decided it was going to die – and I’m a tough broad.

How many people have a family grave in the backyard? I’m sure I’ll end up there, or I’ll shrink my head and put it in a glass box in the living room. I’ll get more...

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.