All hippies around now just represent complete apathy.

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.

I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive

When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.

The way you get a better world is, you don't put up with substandard anything.

In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings.

We're all going to have to learn to live together and develop a greater tolerance and get rid off whatever our fathers gave us in the way of hatred between nations.

Don't write slogans, write truths.

The future is unwritten.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The wisdom to quit is all we have left.

I hate these questions - I don't like talking about this stuff [popular culture], because it's so... to me, it's so ordinary.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

Certainly the caffeine in coffee, whether it's Starbucks or generic coffee, is somewhat of a stimulant. But if you drink it in moderation, which I think four or five cups a day is, you're fine.

The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century.

I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

Anyone who doesn't belive in Faeries, isn't worth knowing.

The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.