I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.

I never went to high school. I never really finished eighth grade. I was kicked out of seventh grade once and eighth grade twice. Mainly for not showing up and not doing it. Then I went to an alternative high school for part of what would have been ninth grade and part of what would have been 10th grade.

I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.

You sometimes get the feeling that people think getting back together after a hiatus to write and record a record is work, you know, arduous and unpleasant. Being able to write and record - that's a privilege. I don't forget the long days I spent working in a restaurant, when I wanted to be done so I could go home and work on a song.

At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same.

What's important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don't want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

I'm an immigrant.

While we were touring for 'Vacation,' we weren't aware that the record wasn't doing well. It was a good tour, but the album didn't go over with critics.

A lot of it was really, really fun, but at some point, things started getting weird. We didn't allow each other to breathe. We didn't really have a sense of ourselves individually. We were very insecure... We were really threatened by the thought of 'Oh my God, what if someone goes off and does something outside the band?'

I mean, when we put out our first album, it was 'Gosh, we really hope it sells 100,000 copies. That was the innocence.

I think it took us being apart to really understand... who we were as Individuals, outside of the Go-Go's.

I really didn't ever think we'd get back together.

I think we get a lot of recognition and it's great.

We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.

We really broke down some doors for women and for musicians in general. It was just go out and form a band and don't care what anyone thinks.

Above and beyond anything, we didn't have lives outside of the band.

If we were all happy and getting along every second of the day, we'd probably make some schmaltzy record.

We didn't want to change who we are. We're not going to sit there and go, 'Let's be a rap band now.'