I'm a tattoo artist, and I went to school to paint, and I started writing and getting published.

I actually have a tattoo on the left side of my chest that says 'Blessed.' It represents how blessed I've been in my life and how thankful I am for all that I have.

All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a year before I've got them. So I'm not walking into a tattoo shop, picking tattoos off a wall. It's something that means something to me. It's something that I believe in.

I got Elliott Smith's photography book as a gift before. The publisher of that book's logo were glasses, and those glasses came to my mind when I was thinking of having a tattoo.

The Misfits skull was my second tattoo, and the Danzig was my third.

I got my first piercing at the age of 13, my first tattoo at the age of 15.

You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'

I remember for my 18th birthday, I was going to get a tattoo, and I made the mistake of thinking I was a man and telling my father, and he was like, 'Oh yeah? You better tattoo a new address on your arm, because you're not living here!' And that was the end of that discussion.

If I could get a Ninja Turtles tattoo, I would.

Anyone who's had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you're walking out the door, you're planning the next.

I'm a tearless clown. If I were to get a tattoo, it would be the two masks, and they would be both smiling.

I wouldn't want a tattoo at all. They're difficult to cover up.

The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm.

A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body.

I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably.

I had piercings all over my face, which did look dreadful, but I got them done while waiting for my husband Michael to get a tattoo. I was bored.

Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make.

I have a heart tattoo on the inside of my middle finger on my left hand.

The Soulfly logo was invented by a tattoo artist, Leo Zuleta; a lot of people don't know that.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.