With a book, there's no volume to turn up. You're very naked with a book.

Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it.

Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.

All I have is me. Over-worked, under-appreciated, middle-aged, and shriveled up.

Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.