“I'm not a freak show. I'm a hockey player.” — Zdeno Chara Quote

I'm not a freak show. I'm a hockey player.

To see other teams in the playoffs and battling for the Cup, it's something that gives you a little inspiration.

How can you expect something out of a young player on the ice when you treat him differently off the ice? I believe in certain acts or behaviors, and it's a standard for me that we're not going to be using anything against anyone.

To miss games, I just don't think it's for me personally. I don't like it. The other guys might like it, but I like to play. I like to play games.

That's my goal: to be the best at whatever I do and the best I can be. I'm looking and searching for ways to improve.

I'm a singer-songwriter, but we get loud and we jump around. We have dance moves; we freak out. It's really fun, man!

Sardinia has to have some of the best seafood on the planet. I'm a sea urchin freak, and Sardinia's are some of the best I've had.

I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?

I don't really think of records beforehand. I don't want them to freak me out.

I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.