Mum was very cool. Even though she came from a pretty affluent family, she was cool. She was really good, a very normal person.
Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.
My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.
Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.
As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life.
Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.
We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.
At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash.
I never became a producer to go to parties or wear nice clothes or put sales figures on my Wiki page.
As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.
'Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.
I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store.
