I hate television. I hate the internet. I hate cell phones. I hate cameras. I hate everything that destroys creativity.

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?

You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

‎The day you become old is the day you're not looking for new experiences anymore.

It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

Be proud to act like a normal human being. Keep daylight hours, get a regular job, and mix in the company of people with a fixed sense of right and wrong.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation.

Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.

At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape.

You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.

Being your own man does not mean taking advantage of anyone else.

Never do anything that you aren't prepared to face the true consequences of.

As you keep getting more popular, people are continually wanting more from you and it seems to me that all they want in the end is your death.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.