Sleep is for squares.
I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.
I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.
Some music really does suck!
If some band sucks, you're going to have to find out about it for yourself, because I don't have the interest in issuing warnings.
South Sudan is one of the most hard-put places in the world.
In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.
My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one.
I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.
Technically speaking, there is no music whatsoever on a CD. Lots of information, but no music.
If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'
I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.
Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.
At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a Constitution, something far more containable and understandable. I don't exactly know what it is, but at these times I feel completely woven into it.
If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.
A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.
The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.
Life is weird, great and dangerous.
You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.
As a young person, I wanted everyone to agree with me.