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“For every band that writes something earth-shatteringly important, there has to be a band you can go out and drink beer to.”

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My purpose is to write, be creative; to take my God-given talent and do something positive with it.

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I give a lot of credit to 'Cherry Pie.' It has stood the test of time. It's a little catchy. It's a little tongue-in-cheek.…

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It would have been better if the first album sold well, the second sold better and the third really took off. Maybe that would've…

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I'm not founded on the notion that any press is good press.

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People can call us chauvinist pigs. We expect it. But there are two definitions of chauvinism. One is an unfounded loyalty to one's own…

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When critics say we're no good, it's just the cool thing to do. I'm happy with the songs I write.

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Eventually, our kind of music, whether it's us or Motley or Poison of whoever, will define the 1980s. That's something to be proud of.

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Stronger Now' is a song from 'Ultraphobic' that I originally wrote to go on 'Dog Eat Dog' but didn't make it but I thought…

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Not having a stable home life, and then not having a good stable belief system, or whatever, has always sent me into a tailspin…

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It's hard enough to write a song, let alone one that sticks around.

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Does '80s metal have the potential to come back as a kitschy, goofy subculture, sort of like disco? Sure. And that would be cool…

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Music has always been a part of my life since before kindergarten.

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Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

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I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me.

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