Listen, man: I am not the industrial godfather, king, whatever. I don't relish that title. I don't like it. I think it's limiting. I do country, I do blues. I don't just go straight.
— Al Jourgensen
I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot.
Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.
Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.
Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.
I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.
This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.
I just tell you what I feel. I go out there, you put a quarter on my tongue, twist my ear and I'll spit out some hit for you.
I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.
This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.
Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.
Nothing exceeds like excess.
