We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.

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.

you ultimately become the one/what you hate.

We're on a planet. At the same time. In the Universe ... Let's do something Great Together!

Hey presto: time travel. You don't need a time machine, it turns out, you just need a friend to laugh like a teenager. Chronology shivers.

Areté is a word that means excellence in character and life. It is the accumulation of virtue in one's life.

A Puritan is a person who lives in the fear that someone somewhere may be having a good time.

I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.

Taylor Martinez is to Nebraska what iPad is to Apple.

We do have a love fest [at home]. It's like, 'I'm making you a cupcake.' Then it's like, 'Well, I made you a cake.' And it's like, 'Well I made you a cake with a cupcake on top and candles.'

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything as long as he believed in himself.