Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

I started thinking what could happen with my art and I realized that the biggest thing that could is that it winds up in a museum. It's like finding a rare animal and putting it in the zoo.

I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government, it's sometimes looked at as unpatriotic. It's not.

I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything like this before; aesthetically, none of us are amateurs.