I have a feeling that any simple problem can be made arbitrarily difficult by imposing a suitably heavy administrative process around the development.

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.

A man's words will always express what has been treasured in his heart.

Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work

A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

As the artist matures she is continuously shaken by what she manages to discover: by the earth shifting beneath her feet once again, by her own amazed, ringing laughter.

Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?

I want to be a diva... like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-diet-Coke-around.

CEOs are no different than the guy in the mailroom. They all have to learn how to manage better the risk created by our increasingly risk-shifting world.

I really don't separate male from female ever with music, I really don't.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

The absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.