Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am.

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.

Maybe I'm a prehistoric monster by being an individual. It's highly likely. All I offer to others is their own individuality. Grab it!

Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.