You need bad things to make good things. It’s like with farming— if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.

I wanna try and stay a student for life.

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.

Imitation is being rewarded. They're learning that if you fit right in the mold, you get rewarded. Music is no longer a form of expression - it's a means to a lifestyle.

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

Some things never die, and they often get way better.

Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it.

I want to be a student for life.

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.

People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.

I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.

I live in the garden; I just sleep in the house.

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

Don’t wear that boxy trouser suit because you feel like you have to. Wear whatever you want.

I am a huge fan of Bollywood movies. Whenever I get time, I enjoy watching Hindi movies. Cooking really interests me, so I also experiment with food in my free time.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.