There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It's very hard to tour.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

Build a strong foundation and you can reach even the most unthinkable heights.

You ball up your fist each time you hear about an unfound injustice in the world. That makes me your brother.

Many waters cannot quench love neither can the floods drown it.

The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down.

You can lose your ability to play romantic scenes... you have to ensure that your mind is in the right place.

From fried witchetty grubs to gold-plated turnips, when you're a writer you never know what's going to appear on your plate next. It keeps a woman alert, it does.

Life is really fun, if only we gave it a chance.

You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.

All is without form and void. Someone said of his landscapes that they were pictures of nothing and very like.