I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.

Are you woman enough to be my man?

I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.

Cannot find the comfort in this world.

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.