Realize your own potential and try to live out your expectations of your potential.

What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and a matter of abolishing it all.

The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine.

In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I don't want those things in my life.

I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream.

I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.

Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!

I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.

Once you stop drinking and smoking and stuff, it really gets on your nerves, all that nonsense going on.

Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me.

I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.

And she gave him a melting smile, the glutinous sweetness of which he devoured with the avidity of a diabetic who swallows a fatal spoonful of jam.

Life is what you make it. Unless some guy finds you with his girl. Then the ball's pretty much in his court.

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.

Perform drills that force your players to think

Elie [Wiesel], when you ask, "Why do I want to know," I'm trying to grab the holy. And I'm getting thrown back.

One time I covered a wall with 8.5×11 pages of drawings, which made things feel a little bit different in the room.

If you're not into Metal - you are not my friend!

It wasn't right. He knew that, but it was like falling: once you started you couldn't stop until something stopped you.

Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.

Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.