For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.

The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God

The truth is cruel but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.

There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don't feel right.

I believe it is wrong, in a country of such wealth and prosperity, to have 36 million Americans living in poverty.

There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they are in another world altogether.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.