“Most of us struggle to get by, confused by what we perceive to be out there, life a series of disappointments and putdowns.”

“Punk is an attitude. Hardcore is a lifestyle. the first seeks to subvert society. The second aims to live outside of it.”

“Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself.”

“I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. why muck and conceal one's true longings and loves, when by speaking of them one might find someone to understand them, and by acting on them one might discover oneself?”

“I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.”

“There is a certain dignity in going through life without the promise of Heaven or the threat of Hell.”

“I like to be perfectly open and sincere, and yet it is impossible to be sincere to all of one's self at once, so for the deepest understanding one must seek those with whom one can be most truly one's self and never be blind to the ineffable drollery of it all.”