I really had no aspirations for becoming a DJ, and now I find myself having to campaign to be in the DJ Top 100.
It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.
And for it to make the statement the way that it did, for 'Controlled Chaos' to debut in the Top 10 of the iTunes rock chart... We debuted behind Queen and Chris Cornell, so it's not like we were just hidden away in the back of the instrumental metal category.
If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom.
I try and keep up with the top 10 on iTunes.
What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.
I'm not concerned at all to have a number one song or a top 10 or top 50 or top whatever.
They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time.
As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that.
Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
I can't rank anything. I mean, how could anyone possibly say what their favourite piece of music is? I don't have the ability or the desire to categorise things of that nature.
I definitely have favourites in terms of albums.
For me and MTV, it was always the MTV year-end countdowns. It was what I'd look forward to honestly every year just as much as Christmas. When Christmas was over, the top 100 videos of the year would lead up to the ball drop.
On 'American Top 40' the Kasem voice soared and swooped, like an expert aural acrobat, through promos, jingles and dedications, usually rising to a dramatic peak for the top-selling song of the week.
