Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him.
I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.
We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.
I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compelled to perform live, and the business isn't the reason they're doing it. In fact, there isn't really a reason. You just do it.
You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.
What is the popular image of rock star? A rail-thin, overly-paid, narcissistic, average-talented individual who self-implodes in front of everybody, eternally having a party and who looks eternally youthful?
I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.
I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.
The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime.
Occasionally I like a really good pair of shoes. A pair of leather shoes from Gieves & Hawkes in England, Buckshot Brogue, they look really sick.
When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time.
I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities.
What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel.
I work at my life and I cultivate myself and don't spend six hours in a gym. Some people would say I should but why?
Usually when I see Matthew [McConaughey] at a show, he'll be down in front with his shirt off with two beers just going mental, lit up and having an amazing time.
I think the thing that would interest me would be to appear in a period piece where you'd get to dress in an elaborate costume and say nothing but just look fabulous and have a fancy role.
Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.
I'm much more for style and not trend-driven.
I used to make all my clothes when I was in Southern Death Cult [the first incarnation of The Cult]. I still make things to wear on stage and I am involved with sketching, choosing fabric, cutting.
Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?
You come out of a working-class environment, you know, working-class kids always put them themselves together because it's one of the only things they had. You had control of your image.
That's a real sign of the times - can you imagine Nick Cave wearing a hoodie? He may not wear one, but he definitely sells them.
I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.
I think there's a lot of people who are afraid to experiment with clothing because they're afraid to get judged or ridiculed.
I admire Chris Martin. Coldplay have made some wonderful records for the genre they're involved in, but I would consider them to be more of a pop act. The music is much more cerebral than it is animalistic.
