I'd Rather Fight A Buzzsaw Than Dance.

I've Been Lucky Enough To Work With A Make-up Artist, Joel Harlow, Who You Can Throw Anything At. I Said, "joel, I Need To Go To The London Eye With My Children And I Want To Look Like A Roadie From Lynyrd Skynyrd."

I Really Loved The Idea Of Playing Opposite Marlon Brando And Being The Crazy One.

Alice And I, We'd Met Before, But We Were Able To Kind Of Sit And Chat On The Set Of Dark Shadows, And Talk About Maybe Writing Some Songs Together. We Started Doing That, And Then One Thing Led To Another And It Became This Vampire Project - Because He Was Telling Stories About All Those Days, Which Were Fascinating.

When I Was A Kid, We Watched The Vietnam War On The Six O'clock News, And It Was Desensitizing. You Felt You Were Watching A War Film; Meanwhile You Were Really Watching These Guys Getting Blown To Bits. Parents Need To Protect Their Kids From Watching That Stuff.

I Was Really Intrigued By Them, Became Fascinated By Them Because They Were Asking Questions That Couldn't Be Answered Almost, Or Were Making Statements That You Couldn't Quite Understand. Like, 'i'm Investigating Things That Begin With The Letter M.' That Took Me Through A Whole Stratosphere Of Possibilities, And Doing A Little Research And Discovered That The M Is Mercury.