Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans.

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

Women are still second-class citizens.