Coffee is the absolute most dependably ordinary thing I could have every single day.

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.

Polarization breeds respect

Prayer is power.

A little reckless bravery may end up saving your life.

Successful entrepreneurs don’t have better ideas

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories.

I go by my own standards, and I will be the voice of the curves for the women that feel like they can't stand up for themselves.

Know what you're talking about.

We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision.

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

What we link to pleasure and what we link to pain determines our destiny.