For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

In the theory of evolution there is no talk of God and no Bibles are used. They're not looking for higher powers, extraterrestrials, or anything else that could be found in the science fiction section, because they are not dealing with fiction.

Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock bands. I was 16 and it was all I could get in to see, legally. And I saw Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent and Van Halen and all that. Me and [Minor Threat and Fugazi vocalist] Ian MacKaye would go to these concerts, and it was fun.

Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

Never once have I thought that Social Security would be something that would ever be available to me.

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

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