You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

Takes more than combat boots to make a man.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us.

Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, for all those born beneath an angry star, lest we forget how fragile we are.