In one of the scenes [in the Ordinary World], you can see a little cameo of my son, who's in the party. You've just gotta bring it all back home.

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.

There is no certainty, not even your next breath. Live like you are dieing because in reality we all are.

We had an unspoken love for one another. Probably because she’d never talk to me or return my phone calls or texts.

The secret of life is love, but the purpose of life is happiness.

I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies

A poet is a painter of the soul.

Life is a struggle and a good spy gets in there and fights.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

Clothes are incredibly symbolic.