perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over th….

Nowadays, the media have to be there to keep you from asking too many questions, from getting together with other people who might want to do the Jef….

Nietzsche, who you don't spend too much time with after the age of seventeen, did have that one great line about "he who stares into the abyss must k….

As you do with any band you're in, you get to know everyone too well all too soon. When you're crammed into a small space, proximity leads to familia….

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating….

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14t….

I like how I write better than how I speak..

Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not..

Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job..

There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more mean….

Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness..

Fish is the only kind of respirating thing that I consume. Everything else I don't want any part of..

While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within..

The Ninja, as you know, operates by stealth. And so, case in point: I put out records... no one hears them! I make videos... (whispers) no one sees! ….

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 ….

All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are..

My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something that I liked because I c….

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock..

What I've found is that a lot of soldiers are surprisingly apolitical. Their reality is, "Today I'm going to leave the gate for twelve hours, and I'm….

This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, ….

I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back..