There are too many brands. You can start your own brand from your bedroom. It's a good thing and a bad thing.

When I was a kid I was very particular. I was actually beyond particular. I would iron my money and spray it with Polo cologne.

When I lace my shoes I can't stand when they are twisted and dirty. It just looks sloppy. Even if it's a new pair of Chuck Taylors and the laces are all twisted it looks like you don't care.

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.

I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it.

I thought the Made in America men's wear push was a big revolution in terms of smaller companies taking charge, but it seems like it's gotten out of control.

We, human beings, are strong because we are capable of change .

I long for a place that exists only in my memory –a cheery spot where my heart is happy and myspirit is free.

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.

I don't sleep. I wait. I sleep in cars and on couches. I sleep when I can, but when I can't sleep, I just don't, so I figure there's a higher calling keeping me on point that night.

Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after what you want in life.

Only if you are joyful, you can be free from the fruit of action.

To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god .

Savor the throne, but don't mind the stool.