from trading in sex ... as well as violence to exploiting material ripped 'straight from the day's headlines' to casting, if not a completely sympathetic eye, at least an emphatic one on its lead gangster ...

People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?

Which do you prefer, she says. Sex or Violence?
I try to smile. What's the difference, really.

Sex, a lot of money, violence, ... I have to shatter those images when I'm out there -- there are no naked women behind me. All I can do is let them hear my lyrics, which help them see they care about themselves.

They are selling sex and violence in a culture awash in sex and violence, ... If the NHL wants to appeal to families, this isn't the way to do it.

I always go for the sex and violence, ... If you can be great, you should talk about love and death. And if you can only be good, you should talk about sex and violence. Those are the things people are perennially interested in.