"I don't believe in censorship. I believe in freedom of speech. Even if that speech is offensive to some people."

"This album was not made for the squeamish. If you are easily offended or unnerved at the screams of bloody murder, this may not be the collection for you."

"I'm not a role model. I'm an artist. I say what I want to say."

"I'm not trying to be political. I'm just trying to express myself."

"You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this …"