As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

A truly happy person is he who is happy without any reason.

God is a hoax.Religion is a scam.Religious politics is a slaughter house.

Thousands are losing their jobs and homes, while corporations are being bailed out with billions of dollars.

Religion is not so bad, unless you believe it.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed.

Thought rules mankind.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.

You're never too old to be crazy.