I usually just wear black so my shoes and my socks are my rays of sunshine.

I just feel like all the things that I do in my life just make me feel like a grown-up kid. That's pretty much what I am.

At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things.

I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time.

Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I don't want to grow up."

I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it."

Skating is what got me into punk rock.

The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.

I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to.

I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past.

Smile and Slay.You have to slay it in life or life will slay you.

Sports teach us the value of facing yourself and others honestly. You can only grow if you let go of denial and embrace what is real and true.

For some offenses, there is only retribution." Nora Hawks, "One Woman's Vengeance.

Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.

Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.

I accept the universe!

Singers always have an advantage. You know, everyone can connect to a song in a way that they cannot do to a basketball act or a magician act or whatever.

Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.