I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.

I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture.

As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.