It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It's very hard to tour.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

The fundamental virtue of success is that it allows you to know the true significance of what it means to have the freedom to make your dreams come true.

So it turns out that late-night flashes of brilliance often look a little less brilliant in the bright light of morning.

I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.

Mocking Hugh Hefner is easy to do, and in my mind should be made easier.

France could have all the socialism its capitalistic economy could support.

I'm 99 today and I'll be 100 tomorrow. It's another day.

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

Losing a son, losing a daughter, a brother, a sister, losing a close friend - it can go beyond grief to isolation and feeling despair.

50% of all married people are women