The Ninja, as you know, operates by stealth. And so, case in point: I put out records... no one hears them! I make videos... (whispers) no one sees! I go on tour.... (whispers) no one knows! NINJA! I was never here!

Youth is fleeting and life is short, you might as well strike hard. Anything else is just average.

I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.

I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire.

If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession. [...] You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way.

It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.