In 'Kill Rock n' Roll,' the choruses came about at the moment I was listening to a lot of the Supremes, and if you listen to that part, you can hear a melody and a harmony there that's not too far away from what the Supremes would probably be doing, but there's heavy guitars in the back.

If I was money-motivated, I wouldn't have joined a rock band with three other Armenian guys.

There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

I'll be honest with you: politically, I have no issue with people, but my beef sometimes is with religion at the end of the day.

Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.

We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country.

Concerning Poland, I can only say that the peoples of Central Europe and Hungary are a community in fate, to the death. Many of us would spill our blood for Poland any time. And vice versa: in an emergency, many Polish people would give his life to protect Hungarians. This has happened more than once over the course of history.

Our culture has become increasingly intolerant of that acute sorrow, that intense mental anguish and deep remorse which may be defined as grief. We want to medicate such sorrow away.