Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.

Who is the daughter of God?

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

You—you were like me. You were a child. A normal child. And that was taken from you.”“Does that bother you?”“Well, it certainly makes you harder to hate.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

The power of music in Spanish is so strong that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.