Never did much art till I was in my 30s, except for painting video sets, designing record covers and T-shirts, and making zines and stuff. I thought I was too punk for art and felt grossed out by white-room galleries and art people.

I think I'm a really sweet guy, kind of shy and nice and stuff.

There's one side of me that just wants to get up on stage and be punk and go crazy and stuff like that; and there's also this other side of me that's like a grandma - really into arts and crafts.

I wear a lot of wigs and stuff on stage to make my hair look bigger.

I have so many photos of myself in my room when I was a kid; I had one wall that was all TLC posters that I got free at some record store, then another wall was all Public Enemy, and the last wall was all '90210.'

I love it at our shows when there's the big, tough, punk guys standing next to the weird teenagers and the gay guys. It's so weird, and it's so awesome.

I don't know why everyone tries to be like everyone else or just tries to make it to the top when they should be themselves and do their own thing.

I'm into the natural look on men.

I dress kind of flashy.

Women that hate other women - that's the worst.

If I wanted to make a subversive record, it would be horrifying and insane.

I really want to make the gayest, gayest album ever.

I blacked out my childhood after a string of traumatic events in my late adolescence.

I've tried to stalk Danzig. I've walked by his house on Franklin that looks super haunted and scary, but I've never seen him.

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best at it.

I like in-person interviews, but I do a lot of interviews over the phone, and it's so boring. The same questions over and over.

Just because I have a sense of humor and use bright colors, people always say it's 'camp.' I'm just doing my thing. I think of it as art.

I think it's because all our music videos have chubby girls wearing crazy makeup and crazy gay dudes and trannies that are overly stylized and over-the-top. Being compared to John Waters and girl groups isn't a bad thing, though.

I just find it weird if you're in a band and you don't know how to make it look the way it sounds. You really need to be involved with the entire creative process in order for it to totally work.

'Hairdresser Blues' was written when I was deep in a ten-year depression that I escaped shortly after recording that album. I don't like that album.

Being a hairdresser is really fun, especially if you don't work at a stupid rich-lady place. You basically just get paid to hang out and talk with a bunch of cool, weird ladies and help them with their looks.

I really love 'Hairspray.' I love the idea of this teenage dance show where you have to go through all these competitions to get to the next level.

Gravy Train!!!! started out as a joke where we'd crash parties and be really obnoxious, and then somehow we got somewhat famous, and it was really weird.

I just don't want to be boring.