It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going on in acting. Even big people get rejected but the smaller people - they really get rejected. Trust me - I know.

The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.

The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.