Let's sink another drink, cause it will give me time to think.

If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing.

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

I rocked the cradle of love.

There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don't.

A kid of your age—any kid—could get hold of matches if she wanted to, burn up the house or whatever. But not many do. Why would they want to?

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.

When school friends would think about appearing on stage as the most frightening, the most awful, intimidating experience ever, I knew that it was something I could do.

Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life.

It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

Fear makes you docile.

An opinion is not necesarily correct just because you're willing to die for it.

Why should we expect modernist taste to be any smarter than premodernist or postmodernist?

My body is a reflection of how grateful I am for my life and my health; there are a lot of people less fortunate than me.