I was born in the late '50s, was a child of the '60s, then the '70s, then the '80s, then the '90s, and I have mental fingers in all those pies.

Punk rock will never die, until something more dangerous replaces it.

I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.

This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs.

The underground scene is still a cool way to meet a lot of cool people, see a lot of interesting bands and get a lot of food for thought, but people have to remain curious and get their brain activity food from other places besides punk.

When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.