We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave.

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try

If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

Where are you going?" he asked."To break someone's heart, " I replied.

When it goes wrong you feel like cutting your throat but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you.

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.

I probably should work harder on relationships, but I don't, and there's not the same kind of imperative as when you have all the right equipment to make a human being together.

If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance!

In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

Women are the twin halves of men.

Every woman is entitled to an opinion and the right to express that opinion-especially to the man she's married to.

She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.