I jump from one thing to the next but try and strike a balance. But it's not nostalgic in the sense of 'those were the good old days and now we're not there'. I don't think like that. Not my way.

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

I just have work to do; I just do it.

It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that.

I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform.

Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things.

I love my job, but it’s more than that: I need it.

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.

You have the insanity that is geo-engineering which is a case in which you say the planet is heating up. Let's spray some aerosol and cool it down.

The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It is its own size. And grief comes to you.

The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation.

No man easily admits that he is afraid.

There is always that dream of escape, but there is no place to escape to, you just run into yourself.