I didn't go and quit anything. I remained who I am, so I don't know if anybody wants to criticize. I'm still me.

I was as bad as it gets. What I wrote in the book, I was probably worse than that. I couldn't really explain how bad it was.

You have to have the courage to face the unexpected. This is the difference between people who do things and people who don't dare, who don't dare to live.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

April, like a child, Writes hieroglyphs on dust with flowers, Wipes them away and forgets.

I hate my voice, I sound like a girl. I am in fact a male.

We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore.

Life is all about learning and one of the most memorable ways of learning something is by messing up.