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

“Most of us, in our civilized society, rely too heavily on reasoning capacity to make things happen. We've been raised to believe that logic will prevail. Logic, in and of itself, will rarely influence people. Most often logic doesn't work.”

“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.”

“There are more of them than us.”

“Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?”

“The only tatics I admire are do-or-die”