Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
The thing is, my education was music. I knew I’d be playing music no matter what. That’s all I thought about, I was obsessed with it. I’m still obsessed with it. It gets the best of me sometimes.
Never run in the rain with your socks on.
Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.
Our passion is our strength.
And for our fans, they’re just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, ‘What’s wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?’ Obviously, it’s not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
A lot of people, when they talk to me, I can’t wait for them to shut up. Like, shut up. you’re a moron. I have nothing to say, you know?
My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
We pride ourselves on trying to put on the best show we can and we’re not afraid to say that we happen to be the best live band in the world.
Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
Life isn’t pretty but it sure is beautiful.
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
Rock ‘n’ roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.
We’re gonna get high, high, high, when we’re low. The fires burn from better days. She scream why, oh why? I said I don’t know!
Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
I just wanted to get the hell out of my town. I wanted to leave with reckless abandon. I didn’t care where I ended up, as long as I saw as much as humanly possible.