I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.
[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.
Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented.
I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.
I love Usher's 'Confessions.'
I was lucky Mozart was not eligible this year.
Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
I think the live show is a different kind of catharsis. It's an event. It's supposed to be entertaining. To keep myself entertained, I like to play a rock n' roll show. I still kind of feel like I'm a rock n' roll musician anyway.
I'm an R.E.M. nerd and have been since I was 14.
I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
[on Richard Wagner] A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.
With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.
I love Nicki Minaj, I told her I’d admit it, I hope one day we get married just to say we f-cking did it and girl I’m f-cking serious, I’m with it if you with it, cause your verses turn me on and your pants are mighty fitted.
My job, if someone picks me, is to come and perform. That's what we do for a living.
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius.
I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.
I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.
I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that's what I wanted it to be.
I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that I wasn't delighted so I quit.
I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.
There are so many great singers out there.
I'm an urban act.
