Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.

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.

I write with all my heart

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

Rachel hadn’t invented the dangers of toxoplasmosis

The expression of your heart is beating beneath your fears

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence.

My arms hurt from how tightly Patch held me. “Now that’s what I call a scream,” he said, grinning at me.

Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major

My inner peace remains in spite of any outward thing. Only insofar as I remain in harmony can I draw others into harmony, and so much more harmony is needed before the world can find peace.

Concentrating for four hours will wear you out mentally.