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.

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.

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.

I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples.

Now stand in the corner, and think about what you've done!

She seemed a compound of the autumn leaves and the winter sunshine ...

Life isn't about constantly trying to scale peak after peak, it's about living at a high plateau & thriving

There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

There's no bad luck, There's just the luck you've found.

When you do something that you know is authentic - embrace it, run with it, and trust yourself before the critics.

I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.

If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised.

[The blues] is the antidote for sadness and depression.