“We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.”

“I wouldn’t have dared ask God for all that He’s given me. I couldn’t have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.”

“I don’t ever worry about whether I’m being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.”

“My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of ‘the arts’ began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we’re the parents of Iggy Pop.”

“I think Everclear is a weird combination of a singer-songwriter and a hard-rock band. That’s why some people really dig the band, and some don’t.”

“As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being in a band.”

“Just because you put super great musicians together, it doesn’t mean you’re going to have that chemistry as a band.”

“I knew coming in that there was always going to be a few people who will never accept anything but the original band or the original singer or whatever but they’ve been really, really great to me.’ started.”

“I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.”

“I asked my daughter when she was 16, What’s the buzz on the street with the kids? She’s going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren’t into Kiss. But they’ve all been told that it’s the greatest show on Earth.”

“My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can’t ask for a better life.”

“I have a sixth grade education. I mean, I stayed in school until the beginning of twelfth grade, but sixth grade is where I stopped paying attention.”

“So that was the goal when we made the first Buckcherry record: I was like, “God, if Buckcherry were around when I was f@#king 15 I would have loved this f@#king band!” That’s what it has got to be for me.”

“I weighed 245 pounds when I was 16 years old. I had a 44-inch waist. And that was two years before ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ started.”

“A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.”