The person who builds a character makes foes.

Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.

Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

Listen to your own voice. Don't listen to someone else's. To me the way to live is to always move forward - to keep searching for whatever it is that interests you.

You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain.