The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."

Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.

So, we just kind of created our own thing and that's part of the beauty of Athens: is that it's so off the map and there's no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing.

I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious.

Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you.

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."