“There were dinosaur big bands, and that was great. Those were my influences.”

No, we have to support our local artists. It’s just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.

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

Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology.

On dope and crack I passed away deader than a door knob But now I’m back

Trump represents 30 percent of right wing ideology of white scared people.

I like the collaborative effort of working with people.

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

It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.

He is making all of the white people scared only 3 out of 10 people really believe all the stuff that is being said by him.

It was the worst night of my life. George W. Bush was reelected, and then I knew

These idiots like Radiohead and Sharon Osbourne that are like, “Free Ozzfest!”, “Pay what you can for a record!”.

The label’s going great, because we’re not idiots. We’re not trying to sue everyone that downloads everything.

This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.

Without intermediate artists, music is what “American Idol” decides is great or made by the very poor, because Sharon Osbourne’s made everything free.

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

I’ve been given a second chance in life, and I don’t want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

I’m a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we’ve been in many bands.

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

You can’t just listen to The Smiths anymore. But then there are plenty of people that do only listen to five bands and six albums and that’s it.

Acting had always been the social scene I’d fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds.

If you don’t try and explore genres and have freedom of creativity, you’re just wasting your position as a pop band.

A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.

I loved being in a band.

Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.