Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn’t worth the time and effort.
The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.
That’s where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. Not back here. Never to be taxed.
I’m 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I’d also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people – I don’t want to judge it or anything – but it’s not for me. It would destroy my creativity.
This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.
Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn’t mean anything to me.
Pride is not a word or sentiment I can ascribe to anything I have done or do. As far as regret, it is a luxury I can not afford. Anything I did, that was bad or wrong or regretful, I stand accused, I am guilty and I’m ready to serve my time.
When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension.
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.
I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.
A man came up to me the other day and said he hadn’t had a bite in weeks. So you know what I did? I walked by him like he didn’t even exist.
I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best.
There’s no such thing as an ex-junkie.
I don’t have a wife, I don’t have any kids, I don’t have any addictions that keep me drooling on the couch, and I’m kind of target oriented.
Most Americans are very cool people.
I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better.
Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it’s all about. I love to perform.
I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are.
Anyone who wants to help me doesn’t. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.
I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don’t think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.