Textbook survival says stay still, don't take any chances, wait for rescue. That's a boring TV show. My thing was always, "Listen, shoelace, dead squ….

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was ….

My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these peop….

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires….

Who is a god? A god is one who has learned the secret of being happy with the whole universe, with every flower and with every river and with every r….

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands..

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being….

The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't..

Gems, in fact, are a species of mineral flowers; they are the blossoms of the dark, hard mine; and what they want in perfume, they make up in durabil….

I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it..

Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for eve….

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days..

Brandalism Any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It belongs to you. It's yours to take, rear….

Its like if you take acid, it burns out brain cells and they dont regrow. Rock is like that-it has killed beautiful people musically, physically and ….

In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It wa….

My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was just that hip-hop was the first music tha….

Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll..

All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds..

I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and still be romantic..

I feel there is a curse on rock stars..