Q: What were your initial thoughts of NIN prior to joining the band?Aaron: I thought I'd hafta shave my eyebrows, wear dog collars, mesh tank tops, and black bicycle shorts on stage. I was actually kinda bummed when I showed up for practice the first day dressed like that, and everybody was looking at me weird.

My approach is I'm coming from a place where it's okay to take chances or maybe it's a good thing to fall on your face.

I think punk rock is dead, and has been for a long time. Any time people can start using a word to describe how people dress as opposed to what music is like stylistically or idealistically, it's a dead term as far as "rock terms" go.

I've never been "anti" drugs…I just choose not to use them. If you wanna get fucked up…more power to ya.

I've never considered playing music to have anything to do with being "professional".

Can someone translate this from English to Russian for me? Where is the Siberian cultural museum? I would like to see your wonderful prison systems.