I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.

I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is.

I'm so scared of flying.

I still dream about my parents and have done every night for 10 years, and I wake up either crying or having to remember that they're gone.

I had a few friends who we hung out with and that was it. We'd ride together, get in fights, go dancing, just causing trouble basically.

I don't get DRUNK before I play but I might get drunk after.

I'm not raging drunk when I play. I just like to relax. Sometimes I stop and I tell people "I'm sorry, I'm really nervous".

My mum always told me, 'Have something to fall back on' and I never really listened.

I'm older, so it gets harder.

I'm just working class. I can pay the bills most of the time, usually from royalties.

I've always been freaked out in my mind performing.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. It is in this relationship that you set the standard for all others.

Know that there is often hidden in us a dormant poet, always young and alive.

September 8Today I pray for the knowledge of God’s will for me and then follow my inner guidance. I choose to make my thoughts and actions align with peace and love.

Enough about you let's hear about me.

There is a tendency of the American people to give those who are elected an opportunity to carry out their policies and programs.

The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings.

While it is always possible to wake a person who's sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Are there a lot of designers that matter? The industry hasn’t got a litmus test any more. The whole thing has imploded. Watch it die, like the banking industry

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

It's only advice. Ignore it if you want.