I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.

The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done... you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

Everyone thinks I live alone, but I don't. My characters all live with me.

The purpose of me touring and writing is to create music and nothing else. Its really not about updating people on social media about things that have nothing to do about music.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.

When you get older, you have a much better sense of when it's time to really recognize that you're fortunate and that you should appreciate your circumstances.

In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.

The power of recognition is one of the strongest forces for stimulating human and social action.