Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock and roll is still beating.

Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?

There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.

I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.

Life's too awesome to waste your time thinking about someone who doesn't treat you right.

I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.

I was constantly involved in music and theatre all through middle school and high school.

I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

To us, being the bad guys is cool, because we always root for the bad guys in the movies.

The world is this incredibly blurry, crazy dream that I'm just sort of stumbling through.

I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown.

If something doesn't work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn't going to work.

Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.

The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.

They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.

I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.

They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.

I think we'd sold a couple hundred records with our first album, maybe 1,000 at the most.

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.

Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.

I just want to be young and fun and you know I think people should all wear yellow shoes.

I don't really have an allowance. When I want to get something I just have to ask my mom.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.

When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

What puts me in the perspective of the power of a song is listening to it at full volume.

You could say that Fleetwood Mac is a bit of a dysfunctional family, but we are a family.

Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be.

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.

I don't need to drive. I have no business driving. I would never be able to find my keys.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.

Basically I'm always singing about the same stuff whether it's in a loud or quiet outfit.

I'd wear nice clothes and brush my teeth more often if I cared about what people thought.

I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather.

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

People have different personalities when they're drunk or take heroin, or whatever drugs.

I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.

And looking at the landslides, you saw how Gore beat Bush so substantially in California.

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