I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.
I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.
Frankly, I have always dreaded writing – there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.
I’m just trying to figure out the right balance between making fans feel good and also maintaining some dignity for myself in the process.
I’d never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.
Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour.
My moral standing is lying down.
I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn’t understand why that would be.
One step closer to the end of the world. The one-two combo of corporate greed and organised religion apparently proved to be too much for reason, sanity and compassion.
Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been.
The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to.
Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.
Why don’t the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap – like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.
The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.
In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and whats behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand.
I write most of my songs when I’m in a bad mood.
I thought I’d reached the bottom a few times, but then I’d realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that.
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
It’s kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.
To switch right into creativity usually takes a bit of time, and this came up right at that juncture where I thought, okay, here’s an opportunity to work with somebody I really respect in a new medium.