I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.

In my mind I still qualify as punk, though I know four out of five punks would disagree.

In this frightening, anxious time to be alive it can be liberating to remember that nothing lasts forever. That can focus and invigorate our hopes.

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

One of the wonderful things about music these days is that it's less cliqueish.

Only my heart can see your love and only my soul can feel your touch.

Wow!” gasped Julia. They saw 20 or more young children of every sort lyingon the cold, bare ground.

It’s time for a spring cleaning of your thoughts, it’s time to stop to just existing it’s time to start living.

I'm not an insomniac. It's just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down.

The problem with my balloon collection is that people always think there's a party. Settle down. It's not a party. It's just balloons.

The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

Even though Prince wasn't rapping and it was a whole different era, it shows how artists expressed themselves without saying too much, and that was the real beauty of the art.