Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful.

Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success

Don't kill the golden goose.

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

Try managing a junkie - especially if you've never been one yourself.

What are the politics of boredom?

Just a tiny little pain, Three days of heavy rain, Three days of sunlight, Everything will be alright, Just a tiny little pain.

The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.

Three-quarters of India lives on the edge of the market economy. You can't tell them that only those who can afford water can have it.

I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.

I've been trying to pick up painting but it's hard.

Prayer draws us near to our own souls.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

I wrote six versions of a 30-second tease for an NBA game. You never get it right on the first try.