Joanne Huffa of NowToronto.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
NowToronto.com: I remember when there was a distinct line drawn between metal fans and punk fans, but bands like PRIEST and MOTÖRHEAD were the rarities that it was cool to like regardless of the length of your hair. To what do you attribute your widespread appeal (for lack of a better word, your cool)?
Halford: From the start, we wanted to put on a show that fans would remember by the looks as well as the sounds. So we invented the leather studs, whips and chains that married perfectly with our music. Times change the looks of bands. We had ours from the mid-’70s on and have played around with it here and there, but stayed true to ourselves.
NowToronto.com: Metal seems a lot more diverse today than it did in the past. Has your audience changed in the past 15 years?
Halford: We have grown old together, but every show we play now covers just about all kinds of demographic: from heavy metal kids barely in their teens to guys and gals from our time of life. Metal has no age limit. Never will.
NowToronto.com: I’m guessing you haven’t lived in England for a long time, but I’m wondering if growing up in Birmingham — with its juxtaposition of industrialism and nature — influenced your music. Do you think there’s something about that area that inspired bands to play heavier, faster or louder than others?
Halford: We count our blessings that we came about as we did at an exciting time of musical development. Many people say PRIEST was at the beginning of the scene, which is true. Metal comes from electric prog blues rock and we refined all of that into how we sounded. We guess it’s the same for all bands as far as where you come from gets into your music. We lived and breathed the metal of the foundries and factories, so maybe that is in our blood.
Kinda brings a tear to your eye. A band that we’ve lived with for nearly forty years is on their Epitaph tour. It’s kinda this grey-area statement proclaiming that we are going to retire, but not now! No doubt a wise move as the band ages. But you know the creative juices are flowing. And live? C’mon, I was at Wacken and any normal human being could never give this gig up! That’s why the K.K. Downing situation seems even more puzzling. But that’s another tale. New axe Richie Faulkner has slid into the role more than admirably. BraveWords.com caught up with the ‘metal god’ Rob Halford this past weekend for an update from the road, paths the mighty Priest know well. But some of these roads may never be travelled again by this band. But the man on the Harley-Davidson is confident of the future; he doesn’t want to quit, but he knows that we aren’t physically immortal … the music is, but our bodily shell isn’t! This Brit that holds his art in such high regard – like most of us do – may be our fave interview. We’ve chatted with the man for years and he has graced the cover of BW&BK many, many times as part of the mighty Priest and his solo efforts. But all that has led to now, the open road in the US, just prior to venturing over the border north. Polite and well-spoken as always, Halford asks me about the biz and how we’ve weathered the storm in this changing business. It’s a tough haul in the music biz for all of us I respond.
“It is,” Halford states simply, but his power resonates. “We’re making a point of acknowledging that. The economic climate is not in the best shape and we’re thanking all of our fans for coming down and seeing us. We’re giving them the biggest and longest Priest shows that we’ve done in a very long time. Normally the tour routing would look a lot better on a map! The economy has had an effect on touring, so we are going where we can go, picking the right venue and city. But we’re out here on this massive world tour and it’s an absolute blast and we’re having a great time.”
Prior to witnessing arguably Judas Priest’s finest hour on the Epitaph tour, Germany’s Wacken Open Air, I was convinced the band’s stock price would fall with K.K.’s absence. Shockingly this hasn’t been the case. Richie Faulkner’s found a home with the metal gods and they’ve welcomed him with open arms.
“He is at home,” Halford agrees. “Quite frankly, we said more than once that if we hadn’t of found Richie and there wasn’t anybody else on the horizon, this whole tour would’ve had to be cancelled until we found the right guy to do the work that needed to be done. Obviously K.K. is with us in spirit every night because the songs we play were written by Glenn and K.K. and myself. I suppose it’s no different than when Tim (“Ripper” Owens) was holding the mic. You do your best to try and find someone that firstly is a hardcore Priest fan – which is what Richie is – and get up there and give it some welly (more effort) as we say in England. And do it with the same intensity and passion that Glenn and Ian, Scott and myself do every night after night. And we found all of those things in Richie Faulkner. He’s just a firehouse isn’t he? When you come see us again, he’s even turned it up a notch! I don’t know how he’s done that but he has.”
I mention to Halford my ‘Turbo Lover’ story from Wacken where the audience went wild for a song that in the ’80s glammed the band up for good or bad! Time has been kind to the tune and album (Turbo) and the metal god says that’s an example of the band’s mystique.
“That’s a very interesting point that you raise there,” the singer ponders. “And I think this happens – not only too Priest – but a lot of bands who are fortunate enough to have been given a long career in rock n’ roll by their fans that support them. We’ve all been fans of bands that have written a song or a record and you go ‘I don’t think too much of this – what’s this all about.’ And then as time has passed it on, you starting thinking, ‘I quite like this now.’ And that turns out to be the case with Turbo in general. There’s some really cool stuff on there. Much like everything we do in Priest, when we play it live and when we play it loud, it just brings on a new character. You’ve got the volume, you’ve got the depth of the song itself and it sounds a lot stronger than it probably does on the record. Who knew that ‘Turbo Lover and ‘Painkiller’ would be married together in the setlist. It’s crazy, but we love it (laughs). I think that again reinforces that sense of self-belief that we’ve always had in Judas Priest. We love to write our metal and we absolutely love to make that strong connection that’s determined by our ability. I don’t think there’s ever been a moment that we said ‘we can’t do this.’ If we’ve all agreed as writers that ‘yes, this is a great song, when are we going to release it?’, then we will do that. And that’s been the case. I remember when Painkiller came out, there was an element of people that were saying ‘oh my god, this is too intense, what is this?’ So you just don’t know. You don’t know what’s going to be. You just have to believe in what you believe in. Do your best music and see what happens.”
Although there appears to be a great vibe on stage and the band sound in fine spirits, there must be something deep down that doesn’t feel quite right as this may be your final show in some markets/countries.
“Yeah, we try not to think about that. As we’ve already stated with BraveWords, this isn’t the end of the band. We’re just looking at the way realistically as we move on in our mortal lives to try and keep doing this as long as we can. As long as it’s physically possible. Right now we’re doing six shows in seven days. It’s amazing! It’s unbelievable that we are able to commit to that type of road work. But we do it because so many of our fans want to see us. And all the important pieces have to be kept in place that we’ll do whatever we have to do. The last thing you want to do is – or the last thing you hope will never happen – is that you kind of get up one day and say ‘I can’t do this anymore. Physically it’s too much.’ So by cutting back on these long two-year journeys around the world, we’re giving the band some extra life. We’re still going to go out. For example, in one year we’ll just go out and do the States and Canada. And then take a long break. Maybe the following year we’ll just take care of Europe. But it is true that there will probably be some places on this tour that we won’t be coming back to for various reasons. So we are urging everybody to come and see us without a doubt. It’s important.”
We’ve heard a tasty rumour that the Brits are keen on putting together their own Big 4 to celebrate the origin of metal. Of course Judas Priest would be part of the mix, but the reformed BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN and MOTÖRHEAD could also be part of this stellar bill. Is that something you would be open to?
“It’s interesting that is. Firstly, I think the American one (METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX) is absolutely sensational. It’s a really good idea. I haven’t been in direct contact with anybody that is talking about this on a reality base. I’ve seen bits and pieces on the internet about it. It would be very interesting to see what the equivalent would be from other parts of the world. I think the Big 4 as it stands right now is just sensational. It’s done very well and everybody is really excited about it and the fans love it. I’m sure it will keep on roaring ahead because with that type of tour you can take it around the planet. I will throw a question to you Tim. Who would be your Big 4?”
It’s pretty obvious that it needs to be the Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Motörhead. That’s the creme de la creme. That would be a fans dream. Especially when bands aren’t releasing as many studio albums. It’s more fun to be on the road, they are making more money on tour. It’s prestige and it just makes obvious sense.
“You know, I don’t think it would be for the cash. It would be for the fun and the extraordinary event that it could be, to go and see something like that. You know what’s been amazing as I’ve reflected on this tour, all of those bands that you’ve mentioned have a certain genetic age group (laughs). Isn’t it amazing Tim – look at us all. We’re still going out there. We’re all bunches of guys in our 50s and 60s! Where’s the new stuff? Who is going to carry it on. It’s just remarkable. I read an article on the BBC the other day about the fact that the bulk of the recording industry and live performances are coming from acts that are moving on in life. It’s just remarkable really.”
And it could be a little troubling too.
“I suppose that it’s just a reflection of the world and the way the music industry has changed. You and I have talked before about the fact that when bands like Priest started off, you had a label that was behind you for three, four or five releases to get you established. Now the young bands are having to sign 360 deals (a record company agrees to provide financial support for the artist and the artist agrees to give the company a percentage of all of their income). If they aren’t meeting the figures on the first or second release it’s ‘see ya.’ It’s sad, because none of the musical talent is allowed to develop. The only way you become a better musician is to be able to keep playing and keep writing. We’re in extraordinary times Tim that’s for sure.”
You must have a comment about this Black Sabbath reunion.
“Yeah, I kept going back to the Black Sabbath website with the countdown and the old logo. Everybody knew what was going to happen, but we didn’t know exactly. Sabbath are a very unusual band in terms of character and make-up. You’ve got four very strong personalities. I suppose like most bands that have been together it’s very fragile. It only takes one person to say the wrong thing and it can get all derailed. But yeah, the clock was counting down and I was just so excited for them. I mean it’s common knowledge that I’m a huge Black Sabbath fan (check out footage from Ozzfest 2004 below when Ozzy fell ill and Halford grabbed the mic!). So to see it become official … I mean to look at the press conference and see everybody sitting there and talking. It was just fantastic news for me as a Black Sabbath fan as I’m sure it is for millions of fans around the world. It’s especially exciting in their own country, to kick things off at Download. I’m excited to see where it goes.”
Glenn has mentioned (in a BraveWords.com interview here) that the pair of you had a productive writing session earlier this year in the UK. So in 2012, it’s quite possible we’ll see brand new studio efforts from the Priest and Sabbath! Possibly a little competition in the air?
“Isn’t that going to be great?! I think it will be fantastic to have a brand new Sabbath record and a brand new Priest record. Hopefully both coming out next year. Again, Glenn might have said this to you. This is unusual for us because he and I sat down together in January in the studio and we just worked and worked and worked for a number of weeks. We just got our heads down and wrote music from the heart. We didn’t really talk much about what we were going to do, what direction we were going to take. We just went, ‘let’s do what we did at the beginning, let’s play it from the heart and get the riffs down.’ We’ve to come a point now that we’ve covered an extraordinary amount of landscape with our metal that we should just write and write and write and that’s what we did. So we’ve got a ton of songs. Some of which we actually completed, because we were trying to find a way to release a few of the tracks. That was actually before we found Richie. Now that we found Richie, we want to go back in and rework the songs and see what input he can bring. In general, I think we are going to have a very strong, very simple, straight-forward classic Priest album. If you push me – and I can hear you push me – it’s like a little bit of British Steel, a little bit of Painkiller, a little bit of Screaming For Vengeance. That’s what I’m feeling. It’s all fresh material, brand new. There’s nothing from the past. It’s all original riffs. It’s shaping up to be a killer record. That’s great to know that on this farewell tour, there’s something new looming on the horizon.”
Judas Priest’s upcoming Canadian Epitaph dates include:
22 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
23 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
24 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Richard Burnett of Canada’s gay and lesbian news site Xtra! recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
On whether JUDAS PRIEST not having been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has something to do with his being openly gay:
Halford: “I don’t know, let’s have a think; who in there is gay? It’s a good question. I consider myself a lower-case gay, not screaming like my good friend [porn director and drag queen] Chi Chi LaRue. I love all my friends in the community, and if the moment came [for induction into the Hall Of Fame], it would be a tremendous moment, not just for the band and our fans, but for the whole LGBT community.”
On inventing metal’s leatherman look:
Halford: “It all came from my own imagination because I was never into the gay leather scene.”
On crossing paths briefly with QUEEN lead singer Freddie Mercury, who died from AIDS 20 years ago this month:
Halford: “I was going to Mykonos with friends from London via Athens. We did what we all did then: the clubs, the parties. At one club Freddie was holding court at the other end of the bar. We were two ships passing in the night. He waved, I waved. The place was packed, and we never got a chance to connect.”
On the hard rock/metal scene of 1980s Hollywood:
Halford: “In my heyday I always started with a bottle of Dom Pérignon, then a case of Budweiser, then two Jacks. I was a serious drinker. Then the lines of coke got you up again. Then the next day there was all the denial. I don’t miss that old routine.”
On his blue-collar roots:
Halford: “Coming from Birmingham, like [BLACK] SABBATH, we came from nothing and made something of ourselves.”
On whether JUDAS PRIEST being on its farewell tour means the end of metal:
Halford: “Heavy metal is always going to be there. At its core, it’s all about a primitive connection we all need to keep in our lives.”
In October 2011, Valley reporter Grace Bailey conducted an interview with former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth “K.K.” Downing at his home at Astbury Hall in Shropshire, England. You can now watch the entire 16-minute chat below.
Downing, who recently shot down as “inaccurate” reports that he left JUDAS PRIEST because he chose to concentrate on running the 18- and nine-hole golf courses on his property, stated about his surprise departure from the group, “This is the first year that I haven’t been out there with the band for a lot of years… more years than I can care to remember. It’s coming up to about 40, I think, so… It’s been a long, good career.”
He continued, “I’ve been very fortunate, really, to have been able to have achieved all of my goals. And it’s a great life, actually, going through life doing the thing that you always wanted to do as a youngster. I think that’s one of the fantastic rewards and also, obviously, meeting a lot of people.
“It was a set of circumstances that led me to not go out [on the road with JUDAS PRIEST] this year. I was kind of geared up for it, but there was a multitude of reasons. It pretty much came down to an unsettlement on my part with working relationships.
“It’s like anything else. If anybody out there is thinking it’s hard to live with one woman, they should try to live with four guys and hold it together. [Laughs] It gets to be like that, but obviously, with certain things, I just wasn’t completely happy with the way things were, with the way it was, [and I just felt like] it was probably best if I stepped down, and I did.”
When asked if he feels happier now that he made the decision to quit the band, Downing said, “I wish things could have been different, so I could have continued. Obviously, ’cause of the passion [I had for the band]. In the [late] Sixties, I was very instrumental in creating JUDAS PRIEST, and it was a hard bullet to bite. But I thought that if this is gonna be the way that it’s gonna be, then perhaps it’s time to step down.
“It was a massive consideration,” he added. “Obviously, the fans, who I love, and many of them have become very good friends. But I just hoped that they would appreciate that I couldn’t continue with the way that I felt inside for reasons which I’ll… I mean, certain reasons I will never, ever disclose.
“I have been extremely fortunate to have been able to do so many shows and tours and records, and come out of it healthy and well. But I haven’t really spoken to anyone about the inner details [behind my departure from JUDAS PRIEST], really.”
Regarding how he feels not being involved in the music industry anymore, Downing said, “I was wondering how I was gonna take it, but I do do stuff — go to concerts, and I’m actually helping a young band from my neck of the woods. They’re called HOSTILE and I produced their record. But there’s lots to do, really. I have been functioning here [at Astbury Hall] as a golf facility for a couple of years anyway, and everything is fine. I could leave home if I wanted do. But since I’m here, I do what I can when I can as best as I can. Because having Astbury, it’s pretty exciting to see it coming along.”
Downing, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his retirement from PRIEST in April. He has since been replaced by Richie Faulkner, most recently guitarist in the backing band for Lauren Harris (daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris).
Perhaps you know that the Origin of Halloween represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even (“evening”). But of course all of us know what’s happening on Halloween and the meaning of “Trick-or-Treat”. And also Halloween is one of those events that has had much of its imagery and background used through rock and metal history, and some bands and artists such as King Diamond and Impellitteri have used the title of Halloween for their songs. Moreover, we have Helloween, a band whose name and logo represents Halloween.
For many of us Halloween is a reminder of some yummy and funny things such Candies, Chocolates, Pumpkins and some horror symbols like Vampires, Frankenstein and Ghosts. This horror part of Halloween was/is really an interesting issue for RockMetal bands and artists to be creative in writing songs about those topics.
Metal Shock Finland’s Chief Editor asked me to be the DJ of the MSF Halloween party, and select for you 10 best songs as the Top 10 Halloween songs. She left no choice and it has to be done! But forget about the number “10” because It’s Halloween and I want to give you my lucky number “13” and let’s hope we will not be trapped or hunted by some Halloweenish creatures!
13. Helloween – Dr. Stein
One of the Helloween’s most popular songs from the upbeat “Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2” It was written by Michael Weikath and The Dr.Stein single was released in July 1988. It also re-recorded for compilation album “Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary“, the new version is in Jazz and Roll though.
I want to put it in the chart and start the party with this song because Helloween and this song are really Halloweenish.
12. Iced Earth – Dracula
From “Horror Show” the sixth studio album of Iced Earth. This time we encounter with horror and a sad story about a Halloweenish demon, the lyrics are lifted straight from the Bram Stoker’s Dracula movie that was one of the best movies in this genre .
The songs and lyrics are written by Jon Schaffer and the style of singing from Matt Barlow is extremely AWESOME.
11. Wolf – Voodoo
Nothing is scarier than when the Wolf is howling upon the mountain in the dead of the night. It sends a shiver through the whole of your body so you could even feel the sharpness of wolf teeth in your flesh. Now Wolf is singing about one of mankind’s most scary horror stories, Voodoo!
This song is from the treasure of chest, “Ravenous” album, and it ‘s written by Niklas Stalvind. His singing style is really great, reminds me of old school heavy metal. Also Niklas studied psychology and I think that was a good basis to help him write a such a great horror song as Voodoo.
10. Megadeth – She Wolf
It seems tonight we have a great thrash song from a golden album by Megadeth here in our party as well, Both the Music and lyrics to She-Wolf is written by Dave Mustaine and it was released on June 17, 1997 on the “Cryptic Writings” Album.
The song starts with a great thrashy riff and it is completed perfectly by a great solo in the end. I believe She-Wolf is the best choice for having some thrash in our Halloween Party.
9. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
“A fucking highway to hell” Angus said when he was asked to describe what life was like being constantly on tour. By all means it’s time to rock with a gem from the Rock&Roll world, the “Highway to Hell” single by AC/DC spent 45 weeks on the German Singles Chart, even though it peaked at only No. 30, in its 19th week on that chart.
The song was written by Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young while the main guitar riff was created by Angus Young and it was released in July 1979. But let’s remember Scott who was found dead, in the back of a friend’s car, just over six months after the song was released. R.I.P. Bon Scott.
8. King Diamond – Bye Bye Missy
Yes, let’s listen to a true Horror Metal song. King Diamond is a legendary Heavy Metal band who focus on horror stories and that’s what we need here. When King starts to sing, the whole of your body will be filled with horror and fear and nobody can do it better than the King!
Bye Bye Missy is written by King Diamond on the “Them” album that was released in 1988. This album is a concept album about a young King and his mentally ill grandmother. One night, King investigates strange voices and discovers his grandmother having a tea party alone, with the teacups and kettles floating in the air ….
7. Judas Priest – Burn In Hell
Time to eat some fire, sent by one of METAL GODS. Tell me what is the most scary thing in this world?! You may agree with my view that it’s doomsday. Jugulator is the 13th studio album by Judas Priest. This album describes for you such a hellish end that you feel those shivers again, yeah, I can hear you whisper!
“Burn in Hell” was released in 1997 as the promo single for their 13th studio album Jugulator and is written by K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. A music video was produced for the song. It was shortened down to a little over four minutes.
Burn In Hell tells us about the evil that we do, As Nostradamus predicted the year 2012 will be the end of the world and it’s coming soon! So we are going to blister, BURN IN HELL!
6. Gamma Ray – Hell Is Thy Home
After the doomsday and after we made Hell as our home, now it’s time to bang your head with some Power Speed elements from Germany. Some people call Kai Hansen a Metal God as well, and as he is one of the creators of Melodic power Metal, why not?!
“Hell Is Thy Home” is written by Kai and was released on the “Majestic” album in 2005. You’ll find it as fast and powerful as a Metal song could be plus it has a very dark lyrical concept. And I believe this song is a great example what the band is capable of.
5. Black Sabbath – Lady Evil
Black Sabbath is another band I can call Halloweenish because of the horror kind of image the name invokes. Many critics and writers mention them as the first Heavy Metal band! They brought some horror elements to Rock music with using some Chromatic and Diminished scales.
“Lady Evil” was released in April 1980 on the golden album of Black Sabbath, “Heaven and Hell”. The exact origins of much of this album’s material is still a topic of debate. And this was the first album after Ozzy Osbourne was fired from the band and replaced with the Legendary Ronnie James Dio, R.I.P. The song has a strong Rainbow feel and is filled by a great Heavy rhythm and great guitar solos.
4. Accept – Metal Heart
“We had read an article that someone was working on an artificial heart and that one day everybody is going to have a computerized heart. It talked, in general terms, about how more and more of humanity gets sucked out of the daily life and more and more replaced by machine. It’s not a new thing now, but then it was new. Humans versus machine, was the general vibe of the record.” Wolf Hoffmann explained the concept behind the album and that shows the reason why I chose this one.
The song starts with famous classical theme, Tchaikovsky’s Slavonic March, and continues with an awesome galloping riff, including Beethoven’s Für Elise in the main solo. Metal Heart was released in March 1985 on the album of the same name.
3. DIO – Night People
It’s still sad and painful, and I’m sure many of us need to wipe away our tears when we listen to our VOICE OF METAL, R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio, one of the most talented musicians in the whole of heavy metal history.
Night People is the first track of the fourth DIO album, Dream Evil. The song starts with awesome heavy riffs that make you bang your head from the first moment and the Ronnie’s voice is as perfect as ever. By continuing with that great solo in the middle of the song, the circle of perfection is completed.
2. Iron Maiden – Transylvania
For understanding why I chose this song as the second one in this list, just close your eyes and imagine yourself walking in Count Dracula land, Transylvania, It’s night and you can sense the smell of blood from everywhere. Yeah the Shivers again and that’s because of you are walking on the land where the most scary Halloween symbol, Dracula, lived his life and maybe he’s still somewhere there hiding. :s
Transylvania was released on 14 April 1980 on the self titled album of METAL GODS, Iron Maiden and composed by founder and bassist Steve Harris, which was later covered by Iced Earth on the album Horror Show. The fast and powerful riffs and solos in this song could show you how it’s dangerous and scary, walking in the land, Transylvania!
1. Helloween – Halloween
Listen… take care … In the streets on Halloween, The spirits will arise….
Now it’s time to go back to our most Halloweenish Metal Band, Helloween. The legendary creators of Melodic Power Metal released this long length song on May 23, 1987 on their most successful album, “Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1”. This album has credits by many to be the birth of Power Metal.
The “Halloween” song is written by Kai Hansen and it is 13 minutes 18 seconds long. The scary and horror style riff, played by the keyboard and guitar in the intro disconcerts you and suddenly starting with a powerful riff, you’ll find out that you are entered to a Halloween party full of Ghosts, Witches, Pumpkinheads, Vampires and … The song keep going and you would like to dance with those creatures but BEWARE … Black is the night full of fright and you’ll be missing the day … And now horror is back again and this is the point that fantasy Rocks horror, you run and scream on Halloween. Now Listen to me again, Keep your praying: “Save me from the evil one Give me strength to carry on I will fight for all mankind’s Deliverance and peace of mind”
At the end of the song you’ll not exist anymore, you’ll find yourself a part of Halloween, singing “IT’S HALLOWEEN, TONIGHT”.
PS: Special thanks to my friend Ali Blackdiamond for help
Doug Elfman from the Las Vegas Review-Journal spoke with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford recently during the US leg of the band’s Epitaph tour. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:
On the hazards of touring: “In rock n’ roll, you definitely are pushing the limits when it comes to the excesses of travel. But as long as you’re alive at the end of the show, that’s all that matters.”
On the subliminal message trial: “A piece of music hasn’t made anybody kill themselves. A movie hasn’t made anybody kill themselves. People are very susceptible to pointing the finger and laying the blame onto an outside source of their own creation.”
Despite being gay, some women still tell him they want to jump his bones: “Even though I’m a gay man, they still try to do that. God bless my female fans!”
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