Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.

The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no.

Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain.

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

The more you love, the more you awaken the divinity within.

Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains.

Age is a funny thing. So are appearances. Neither is relevant to what one knows, in my opinion.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch the rabbit.

When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.

Here is neither want of appetite nor mouths, Pray heaven we be not scant of meat or mirth.