Till Lindemann

“I like things to be unpredictable.”

“I would love to make a really cool Spanish song, definitely.”

“I like having parties where we bring in the girls, and we have a good DJ playing good music that makes the girls dance.”

“Nobody speaks German outside of Germany.”

“We're never gonna see bands like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath again. It's over.”

“We love the American crowds.”

“We used to be either punks or goths - we hate Nazis!”

“The record companies don't give you a chance, like in the old days when they went, 'Here's a pile of money. Go make a good record!'”

“When I listen to the first songs I wrote in Rammstein, I have to smile because it was so silly at time.”

“Oh, my kids know me, and they know the Rammstein's history. It's hard to shock them. I got punished, in the sense that they're really big Coldplay fans.”

“I'm polite.”

“In the very beginning, we went on tours with Rammstein in really small clubs. We didn't even have a record out. We played in restaurants and pubs in the south of Germany.”

“I lived next to Russian soldiers. We had Russian army guys in our house when I grew up. We made lemonade for them; they were everywhere. I had a Russian school. I grew up with Russian traditions, I know Russian songs... it infiltrates me a lot. I even speak a little Russian.”

“Rammstein's music demands German lyrics.”

“You know, I grew up in the East part of Germany so we never had English in school, we had to learn Russian.”

“Transsexuals are amazing. You have all the great stuff in one place.”

“I'm not a big hip-hop fan, but I respect all kinds of music and some of them are really cool.”

“In German, there are only so many things you can write about.”

“For me, it's a big challenge to translate everything in English.”

“It's just really efficient to work with a person who can do everything in the studio.”