Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

I'm still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I'm still a misanthrope.

Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.

Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.

Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology.

Rock n roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

If you remember the ‘90s, you weren’t there.

I pissed away over ten million dollars On dope and crack I passed away deader than a door knob But now I'm back

Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.

You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.

There's an exception to every rule, Nora. And you've never failed at being the exception before.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Sometimes people back themselves into corners where they think they have to make kind of an engraved-in-stone decision.

The gospel is a declaration, not a debate.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.