A lot of philosophy is bull***t, but a lot of it is what we write songs about too. And it's organizing your thoughts, organizing your intellect.

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try

If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

The soul is the weariest part of the body.

if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity

You have to have faith if you want to make it out of the woods. Faith is your only hope for deliverance.

...love must feel the ego of the beloved person as important as one's own ego, and must realize the other's feelings and wishes as though they were one's own.

You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.

Nuclear power will be the Vietnam issue of the 1980s.

A literally perfect style should conceal itself so completely behind what it expresses that it goes unnoticed.

Let the music defuse all the tension.

Deep in the HEART every mystery of spirit is hidden.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.