I'm lucky that I can stay busy and people are interested in what I do. I have fantastic people that are into whatever I do, which is great. I try to keep myself happy and them happy.

I'm a big Fred Armisen fan.

So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen.

I had a situation where Bill Clinton sent the F.B.I. after me.

It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody.

I like being out onstage in front of everybody, getting that energy and giving that energy. Hopefully I am making them forget about all their problems in the world. For however many hours they are at our show, hopefully they are going to have a great time, and it makes life a little more bearable for everybody involved.

Anyone who knows me, and most of my fans, know that I have a sense of humor.

For me, it shouldn't just be a live show: it should be an experience. It should be some kind of crazy, tribal, exhausting experience.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

I've seen a bunch of the 'Portlandia' episodes, and they're pretty hilarious.

If you're a music fan, you think these artists will be here forever, but you should enjoy them while they're here, because you never know what will happen.

I like Bill Murray a real lot. I like Andy Kaufman.

Back in the days, we had to work with a shoestring budget. We had a movie screen, and we'd show movie trailers on them, and then we'd rip through it and started playing. Now we have a little money to play with to do a cool stage set.

There's all kinds of schisms in Satanism, but the thing I like about it is the quest for knowledge.

It started getting too crazy with 'Earth A.D.' The concepts started becoming too brutal and violent. It was less about fiction and more about the real world, the past, present, and future. I think a lot of people got freaked out by that.

Comics are a dying art. If you ask a little kid to choose between a video game with insane graphics or comic books... you have to compete with cable, satellite TV with its thousands of channels, and with video games that are like movies, with CGI explosions where you can blow up worlds.

It's funny I'm talking to 'Rolling Stone' right now, because back then, it was like, 'Punk rock? Put it back. It's just a flash in the pan.'

I love the energy, and I just love watching people lose their minds and be happy and exhilarated. There is nothing like it.