The rich survive and everyone else gets ready to work 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 jobs and what do you get? Blade Runner. Welcome to your science fiction. Your 21….

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone..

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, pati….

Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon..

In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The im….

If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will do to the Afghan peop….

It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something..

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail..

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'.

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

August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer..

I don't know if music has ever achieved anything past appealing to the people that it appeals to. If a song could stop a war, then Bob Marley and Bob….

Whether I will be remembered at all, I really don't get to choose, unless I shoot someone famous. It's not really anything I have much control over..

I don't think you'll ever have a perfect world because we humans are prone to error, and so we're always in search of an upgrade..

Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter..

I never thought about getting any tattoos removed..

I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life..

I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Tow….

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

Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things..

The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible..