I'm the biggest Blackhawks fan ever. I've been going to games since I was 6 years old.

- Al Jourgensen

It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The point is, you have to do it by building your own following, and that is not necessarily done by writing instant hits.

- Al Jourgensen

If you had a Ministry box set under your Christmas tree, wrapped in paper, 'From Beer to Eternity' is the bow that goes around the present, you know what I mean?

- Al Jourgensen

I'm not working at the Chevron, although I'd probably be the best person to work the night shift. Look at me. Nobody would try to steal a Snickers on my watch.

- Al Jourgensen

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

- Al Jourgensen

'Rock n' Roll Animal,' the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.

- Al Jourgensen

Ministry is just ZZ Top with technology.

- Al Jourgensen

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

- Al Jourgensen

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

- Al Jourgensen

If I did all the stuff I've been accused of - or credited with - there's no way I could make all this music. I'd be drinking myself into the grave.

- Al Jourgensen

The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.

- Al Jourgensen

I'm getting a bunch more face tattoos, because it doesn't look like I'm ever going to have to apply to a Walmart or Best Buy.

- Al Jourgensen

I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

- Al Jourgensen

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

- Al Jourgensen

I never read comic books as a kid.

- Al Jourgensen

I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of.

- Al Jourgensen

I get along great with all of my exes. That's really cool. That's a good sign.

- Al Jourgensen

I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

- Al Jourgensen

I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.

- Al Jourgensen

Being on stage is not creating, it's re-creating.

- Al Jourgensen