I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.
There's nothing more comfortable than a cosy flower pattern.
I just don't like to get intimate. I don't want anyone to know what I feel and what I think, and if they can't get some kind of an idea of what sort of person I am through my music, then that's too bad.
I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.
We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves.
By definition pop is extremely catchy, whether you like it or not.
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
Vadalism: beautiful as a rock in a cop's face.
I write poems for myself and I write poetry that gets torn apart and becomes songs. I have a lot of respect for words, the power of words.
You can't buy happiness
My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.
Married, Married, Married! Buried! Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.
I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!
It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label... Most people don't have any dignity in the first place.
We can plant a house, we can build a tree.
If I could get that girl [Courtney Love] to publish her poetry, t