I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

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.

I really don't worry about what people say or what they have to say or what they think - it just doesn't matter.

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.

...but I’d learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

Those without an idea of who you are make you become what they think.

Amid the pointing and the horror the clean flame.

The biggest challenge of Gods people is ignorance. Ignorance has become a mountain and a stronghold even in Christian churches

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

It's the courage to stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

You can set off bells when you walk out of a drugstore or department store with a tagged item.

A cross between Leo [DiCaprio]'s character in Catch Me If You Can and ... I don't know, I really like any of his movies.

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.