The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do.

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.

The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no.

Realizing that life is precious the natural tendency is to trample on it, like laughing at a funeral.

Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain.

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

The best way to worship God is to honor His people

But isn't it likely that everyone in this world...has killed someone or other on their way to the top?...All I wanted was a chance to be a man--and for that, one murder is enough.

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

A sneeze can never be to far away

You can be all you want to be, even if the odds are against you. For it is in the darkest hours that the smallest light shines the brightest.

I get very involved in my characters. Sometimes I have a very hard time separating my characters from my life.

Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its really one of the first autonomous things we do, picking the books we want to read.

I'm also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, "All right . . . Things are definitely changing." I can see that.

The eyes get in the way of the mind.

I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.