If those civil rights groups are going into those orphanages and offering to look after those children, then they have every right to make a stink about it. But they're not. They're not offering a solution.

If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!

I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.

Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say 'no'

To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.