When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

I just have work to do; I just do it.

It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that.

I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

My Christmas wish: To feel your arms around me, to have your lips on mine, and to hold you close one more time, while there's time.

Eat beautiful foods, which are nutritionally dense, wholesome and natural.

Good words cool more than cold water.

The idea is to go to bed every night with fewer enemies than you had in the morning.

I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me.

I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier.

It is very difficult to build contemporary architecture in Italy

I loved the angiogram. They stick a thing in your thigh and it goes all the way up to your heart. Isn't that a thrill? Well, at least the nurse scored thigh.

The fastest way to disengage an employee is to tell him his work is meaningful only because of the paycheck.