I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it comes to my guitar playing.

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.

To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.

After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.

Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.

Pity the planet, all joy gone from this sweet volcanic cone

While learning the language in France a young man's morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.

I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them.