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" Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else. "

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" A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere. "

" Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I tell them there has always been awful music and that no great band ever wasted any time complaining, they just got it done. Their ropey ranting is just a way to get out of the hard work of making music that will do some lasting damage. "

" There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. "

" Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. "

" Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet. "

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

" Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States. "

" I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright. "

" For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa. "

" Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch. "

" If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost. "

" To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all. "

" August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery. "

" Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it. "

" As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it. "

" When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it's where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up. "

" One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise. "

" Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming. "

" I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind. "

" I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others. "

" Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me. "

" I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a fan of don't always release their work on vinyl, so I take what they feel like giving me. "

" Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come. "

" In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that. "

" You want to meet a bunch of really friendly people? Go to a Slayer concert. There'll be some real psychos there, but most of those people will take care of each other. "

" I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town. "

" America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice. "

" 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. "

" Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music. "

" Humans are pretty crafty but will fold quickly in severe cold. "