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" We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost. "

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" Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often. "

" Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward. "

" 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 young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not. "

" I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one. "

" When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break. "

" It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point. "

" That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable. "

" You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like. "

" War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times. "

" Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind. "

" Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do. "

" I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird. "

" In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon. "

" If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done. "

" Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. "

" Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. "

" The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time. "

" I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical. "

" No one should die when they're 50. "

" I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do. "

" For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. "

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

" I have been listening to the Stooges' self-titled first album for well over half my life, and it remains one of the most exciting and essential records I have ever had the good fortune to come into contact with. "

" Those who seek to profit by division don't stand a chance. "

" I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much. "

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" It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face. "

" If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard. "

" I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire. "

" In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground. "