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" If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.' "

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" The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it's almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly. "

" If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings. "

" This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles. "

" We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it. "

" I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do. "

" Music to me is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does. "

" I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. "

" I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. "

" It's hard to judge literary merit. "

" The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. "

" It took me until my teenage years to realize that I was medicating with music. I was pushing back against my stupid school uniform, instructors who called me by my last name and my classmates, who, while friendly enough, were not at all inspiring. "

" The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event. "

" If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage. "

" I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious. "

" Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop. "

" As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature, film and art that the Japanese really seem to express themselves. "

" In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move. "

" People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other outlets with the same vigor with which they attempt to denigrate the Occupy protesters. "

" I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed. "

" Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me. "

" It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive. "

" I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet. "

" I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really boring afternoon. I sincerely like Jay, but I wouldn't want his job, because I'd have to interview Kathy Ireland, and there's nothing there I'd want to know. "

" One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism. "

" Harmony is boring. "

" I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it. "

" There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's. "