I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music went the "safe" way - not doing drugs, being straight edge.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.

Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused on something when so many of my friends were out robbing 7-Elevens.

You can't quite believe what you are hearing - and it's not necessarily something that you can listen to all the time because it's too intense - but it changes the way you go about making music.

If you ask any driver about their first trip to New York, it's always crazy.

The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.

I don't know anything about American history or presidents. I don't know what tailgating is! I've never been to an Olive Garden!

You need, instead, to be defined by your values.

It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best.

He didn't want Lucy to grow up feeling alone, surrounded by everything and having nothing.

I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.

Mr. President, call the toady of American imperialism to order.

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.

I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars.

Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.