"Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it."

"In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move."

"I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip."

"Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort."

"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."

"People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are."

"Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work."

"Business practices and how we treat the planet are also in desperate need of re-humanization."