When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
I would love to be in the Hall Of Fame.
Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.
Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off. It's balance.
Metal musicians say dumb things sometimes.
I do my best; I put out things I believe in and if you don't like it then pass on to something else.
That's the life really isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.
I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall.
When I look back on my work, I'm proud of what I've done.
We can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. We cannot forever have children who were born here - who were brought here by their parents when they were small children to live in the shadows, as well. . . What's changed, honestly, is that there is a new appreciation on both sides of the aisle, maybe more importantly on the Republican side, that we need to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
If I were an animal, I'd probably be a bald eagle, since I'm already bald and I love to fish. But I'd probably be a shaky-ass eagle because I'm afraid of flying.