Music to me is the air I breathe it's the blood that pumps through my veins that keeps me alive

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it.

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.

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

Really?""No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember.""Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic.

The more comfort the less courage there is.

In general, I like the healthy stuff and don't really have a problem with any of it.

The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.

In Germany I am not so famous.

I think I've chosen the right path.

Art is the employent of the powers of nature for an end.

I've always been a really really big Sheryl Crow fan. I just respect what she does in a way that she just remains true to her music and sort of has just been real. She isn't trying too hard ever.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.