If you want to change the world right now, it’s not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet.

Paul Ryan's love for Rage Against The Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades

A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and set fire to the suburbs. I'm only interested in writing great songs.

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.

Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it.

When you wanna rock hard, children, lean on F#.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.

Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...

…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed...

I hope you brought your handcuffs, " she added. "I won't go quietly.""I might use them anyway, for fun, " he answered, remembering the sensation of her warm lips against his.

An unkind heart is the worst. It is a plague to its possessor, and a torment to those around him.

I believe in the separation of church and planet.

The whole point about thinking brilliantly is about knowing your identity and the favor you have in Christ

I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.

No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.

Maybe, I got a sense when [Star Wars] came out, and there were always these lines around the block. We didn't understand the popularity of Cheers until maybe five years into the series.

Intellectualism, though by no means confined to doubters, is often the sole piety of the skeptic.

If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.