Peace,love,empathy

There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

You can't buy happiness

I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

Kids don't care about rock and roll as much as they used to, as the other generations have. It's already turned into nothing but a fashion statement and an identity for kids to use as a tool for them to fuck and have a social life.

Words suck. I mean, every thing has been said. I can't remember the last real interesting conversation I've had in a long time. Words aren't as important as the energy derived from music, especially live.

Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.

Do your own thing. Others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you'll find yourself in late night cocktail lounge cover band limbo.

And I do, god, how I do love playing live, it's the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs. So if you see a good live show on drugs and then later that evening have sex, you're basically covered all the bases of energy release, and we all need to let off steam. It's easier and safer than protesting abortion clinics or praising God or wanting to hurt your brother; so go to a show, dance around a bit and copulate.

I decided that in order to become a big famous rock star, I would need to write my very own songs instead of wasting my time learning other peoples music too much. It may act as an obstruction in developing your very own personal style.

I have met many minds able to store and translate a pregnantly large amount of information, yet they haven't an ounce of talent for wisdom or the appreciation of passion.

It's my fault but the most violating thing I've felt this year is not the media exaggerations or the catchy gossip, but the rape of my personal thoughts.

I'm not like themBut I can pretend

I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music. They just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.

I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't

I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.

I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.

My heart is broke but I have some glue.

Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.

The worst crime is faking it

I don't care what you think unless it is about me.