Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close.

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

Our brains may lie to us, but our hearts never do.

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

Being surrounded by six Brendons is so not fun.

When people use you, it does not feel very good. But when God uses you for His purpose, it's the greatest feeling in the world!

When you see the fire of hate, spread the tranquility of your ocean of love.

We are going to eat ice cream and we are going to eat shit. The trick is to use different spoons.

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

The only time I'll get good reviews is if I kill myself.

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. And my conversation with God is very open-ended. I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

If you reach the people nobody wants, God will give you the people everybody wants.

Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish!