It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.
When I first went from a band situation to a solo situation, it was quite an adjustment to make. But after having done it for a number of years, it really feels good out there.
I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be a pretty good recording in my opinion.
To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.
It was way out in the woods in a beautiful, huge log studio. Keith Richards came in and did the vocals with Levon. Again, a big party, but we did get a good cut out of it.
I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.
I don't want people buying my records for this summer's hit. I want people buying them because they're interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future.
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way, but I feel like maybe my songs were, like, before their time or something.
The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert.
What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes? I think it looks rather bleak.
I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.
They say I live a fast life. Maybe I just like a fast life. I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. It won't last forever, either. But the memories will.
The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.
Basketball was my whole life until I was 20 years old. All I knew was basketball. Then came golf, and I thought that's all I wanted to do then.
You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.
You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.
My life is nothing like my videos. I'm definitely not walking around with lots of hot women, as I am in my videos.
I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.
A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.
