I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'

I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

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.

If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost.

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