There's a whole apparatus for indie bands now, but back in the eighties it was just getting built. The early people really took it on the chin.

Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.

You didn't have to be a huge rock star; you just had to do well enough to continue doing what you wanted to do. It wasn't about hitting the jackpot, it was about sustainability.

Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.

Now that the generation that grew up on '80s indie-rock has attained influential positions in the culture, that music is the new yardstick. And that will shift yet again some day.

I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the way you can think.

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk about other people's music.

There's no glamour in Nirvana, no glamour at all, in fact.

Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.

Where once we aspired to be more like our heroes, today we try to make our heroes more like us.

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.

God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven.

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

I started putting words together, making rhymes and being witty with the wordplay. I can play a little bit of guitar, and that's something I'm going to dedicate more time to doing.

I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.

I love 40's-60's fashion because it suits the type of figure that I have the most, so that's what I always go for. I won't change!

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.

Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.