People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I'm concerned, it's just a pitstop for the afterlife. It's just a little test to see how you can handle reality.

I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.

I like to feel prejudice towards people who are prejudice

If I could get that girl [Courtney Love] to publish her poetry, the world would change.

The future of rock belongs to women.

I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine.

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity.