A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth,

Paul Ryan's love for Rage Against The Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades

A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and set fire to the suburbs. I'm only interested in writing great songs.

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.

Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it.

When you wanna rock hard, children, lean on F#.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.

Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...

Like all living things, you were created for unlimited growth and possibilities. Keep growing. Keep changing. Be everything you were meant to be.

Become a dignitary by treating others with dignity.

Pel-i-cans, their beaks hold more than their bellies can.

For those who live by faith, the cross is a treasure more valuable than gold and precious stones.

I paint the fog - I think of its fresh moistness - its stillness - its mystery.

I have to pick myself up every day and say, 'The show must go on,' meaning life as I know it must go on, whatever the obstacle is, I know I can handle it, and I can get through it.

There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense.

Youth is thy gift, - the youth that baffles Time.

The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.