Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.

I see violence in myself; I've done some pretty violent things in my lifetime and I've been around some pretty severe violence all the way up to homicide.

Keep walking. Hot night right now, right here. All you have is what you are. All you want is much too much. All you get is so much less. All you feel is nothing. All you see is darkness. All you know is senseless and all you can do about it is ride.

I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.