I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

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

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It's very hard to tour.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who Love you.

If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only thing to move things forward.

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.

One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.

The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Sin is the assassin of the soul.

It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume.