Structures can be manipulated for ill as well, especially when people are dealing with issues of power, or control, or violence.

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

I just have work to do; I just do it.

It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that.

I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.

I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed by a culture of violence.

No man that good-looking could be a bachelor. Life wasn't that kind.

If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the message.

Whether you have sight or not, I see the future in your eyes." -Beth

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father read stories to us kids out of. I liked the idea of the short story format.

I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy

Information is power. --Humfrey

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.