I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

Nature is not human hearted.

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously

Life is funny and we are really funny, especially when we get to be hoity toity; we can be so ridiculous. Life is fun.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

The trouble with worrying so much about your security in the future is that you feel so insecure in the present.

The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.