“We just did three albums in a row of shaking our fists in the air and yelling about George W.Bush and the government.”

I feel great. George W.Bush is leaving. We’re leaving. It’s all perfect timing.

I’m for Barack Obama. We gotta have the Muslim cell in there just to piss Rush Limbaugh and the right wing off.

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

Our label is very digital-friendly. We try to provide some free stuff to get interest in the band, but we have to pay our artists. They have to get paid.

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

I had to do another couple of albums about this idiot. Then I had to play in front of 37 people. It was horrible. I was crying. I was freaked out.

I’d rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit.

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

In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash.

Radiohead’s already got their yachts and mansions. Sharon Osbourne already has her empire

Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs.

I’ve never seen the Osbournes, I’ve never seen Paris Hilton. I’d rather read than watch reality TV.

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

When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released “Money”, it wouldn’t even get played.

We try to give the fans a bunch of free stuff, and then have them buy the record. Without buying the record, it doesn’t support your artist.

The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be.

As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,

The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album,

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement.

If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.

And we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!

I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.