She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn's wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one whose fallen through the cracks... (iViva la Gloria!)

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

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

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.

Somehow the past is a safe place to explore our collective cultural neuroses.

Virtue is health vice is sickness.

I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.

Ultimately you can't repress individuality, even though you can try.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.

He felt all at once like an ineffectual moth, fluttering at the windowpane of reality, dimly seeing it from outside.

You are not one you are a Thousand. Just Light your Lantern.

Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.