Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not be hoodwinked by it all," in a simple, very general sweeping way.

When you're writing you're affected by everything that's going on around you.

I smoked 20 cigarettes to get that sound because I'd read that John Lennon smoked a load of cigarettes on "Twist and Shout".

When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot.

We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody

It is kind of weird being the last gang in town.

When you smile, a bird finds her wings to fly.

This was just no fun. I wanted my brain back.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective.

The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

All I do is work, so I eat to live and to keep going.

Science is a way of life which can only flourish when men are free to have faith.

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.