Mike Ness Quotes

We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time / Reach For the Sky, 'cause tomorrow may never come.

Best things in life aren't things.

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

When I see everyone doing the same thing, I want to do the opposite.

Stop contemplating and start celebratingYeah, you gotta live before you die.

Whether you're going through fear, whether you're going through pain, or whether you're going through anything, love is the best healer and the most powerful thing in the world.

I think you never want to limit yourself to one style of anything. Why put those limitations on yourself?

I do know that love, whether you're giving it or receiving it, or both, it is the ultimate healer.

No one would barbecue their family dog. Why is a cow or a pig or a chicken different?

I feel that if you're in the public eye in any way that you do have a little bit of influence on people.

As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and there's another shirt of stuff.

You have to be open, and being open is a daily challenge, I think.

I was taught early on in my recovery that, 'Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.'

There's something about playing every night, it becomes easy and it becomes fun. I love being up there and playing for different crowds every night.

I do feel like, now, approaching fifty, I am definitely at a crossroads and having to reevaluate things and look at things. It's time for more change, and that's good.

I've never been a flag waver, but I can lead by example.

I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.