"A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and set fire to the suburbs. I'm only interested in writing great songs."

“Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.”

“Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of uncertainty, a truism for all of modern life but one made vivid by life-threatening illness.”

Source : Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

“The commercial media are to the mental environment what factories are to the physical environment”

Source : Kalle Lasn (2013). “Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--any Why We Must”, p.18, Harper Collins

“Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live.”

“We're in a declared war, but unless were clear about who the enemy is, we'll waste our time fighting enemies that aren't enemies at all. There's only one enemy and no matter what people do, say or react people are never the enemy. The enemy is our only enemy..”

“You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . . . nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?”

“Don't ever let no one tell you, you ain't beautiful”

“I think my confidence offends a lot of people, but I think people should learn from it and be inspired by it, instead of finding it offensive.”