To me, it doesn't feel like it's just another rock record that somebody put out. It feels like we taped into the culture a little bit

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.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown of my feet by any

Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

Like the lion tears the flesh off a man, so can a woman who passes herself off as a male.

The fire doesn't make you what you are; it reveals what you were.

It always cracks me up when people try to impress God, because people don't have to impress God. He's already knocked out by you.

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven.

Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds the sum of their individual effects.

Invention isn't some impenetrable brand of magic; anyone can have a go.