People will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But I don't. I might miss playing. That's what I would miss, but I don't miss it, because I am playing.

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

I just have work to do; I just do it.

It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that.

I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

The measure of success is not by opulence but by happiness

Some irony. The girl who couldn't face her own bullshit . . . suddenly forcing everyone else to.

People loves Ideas I love books because Ideas can be found in books

The Almighty has His own purposes.

I just hope that you miss me a little when I'm gone.

...the reality of intelligent British speech... uses blasphemus, coital and cloacal expletives as a matter of course.

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent

Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.