I think Paris Hilton is really our generation's Marilyn Monroe. She's the image of the youth today. There's a real fascination with Paris, ranging on the obsessive. I'm repulsed by her, but because of her notoriety, she has access to an audience.
Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.
You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.
I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.
I think there's real currency in pop culture.
There's too much rock that relies a fetishism or nostalgia for the old ways. That's a real enemy to music.