Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Other dancers weave through our lives, sometimes stirring our deep soul's fires.

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised

Orientation & Proximity. Be aware of the orientation between yourself and others so that you can be sensitive and responsive to their comfort zones.

Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.

More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.

Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

He was feeling totally lost, leaving his family and country for a place where he knew nobody and didn't even speak the language.

If you feel a sense of social responsibility, first of all keep working on yourself. Being peaceful yourself is the first step if you want to live in a peaceful universe.