I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

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.

When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

There is a certain calling in your life from the heart of God

Always lust for the best, because life is too short to be an ordinary.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Glamour: the indefinable something about a girl with a big bosom.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

I've been accused of not really paying attention to a sentence unless my name comes up in it twice.

I'm incredibly happy to be doing my own thing in New York.