When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

A lot of people... use a calculator!

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.

Don't forget you're alive. 'Cause sometimes when you walk around the city and you're in a bad mood, you can think, hey, wait a minute, we're alive! We don't know what the next second will bring and what a fantastic thing this is. This can get easily forgotten in the routine of life, and that's something I'm trying to bring to my attention at all times. Don't forget you're alive. We're not dead, you know. This is the greatest thing.

The way you get a better world is, you don't put up with substandard anything.