It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively that is but as a means of personal expression.

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

To say yes you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no even if saying no means death.

Yes people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary and delay means more death and horror.

Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast.

I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is what romance is and what a relationship means.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success.

You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really don't have the ambitions of most people going into the industry.

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.