"I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming."

"I've always been provocative toward guys like that. They're lame, and they make it not fun for nerdy guys and nerdy g…"

"If I fuckin' die without having written two, three, or four brilliant rock songs... I don't know why I lived my life."

"I try to place [beautiful imagery] next to fucked up imagery, because that's how I view things … I sometimes feel tha…"

"Writing songs has a lot to do with your sexuality. I danced for awhile and just being around that made me realize wha…"

"The American male runs half of the global world and grows up on rock music from day one. If you can alter the psyche …"

"You know what? I was doing Loveline on KROQ, and Lydia [Lunch] sent this fax in that said like, “You’ll never be smar…"

"Don’t eat cheese. There are a million things to eat that are not cheese."

"Does that make you happy, Mr. Rock & Roll Fantasy? You know what? Eddie Vedder’s gonna live to be 98. How’s that make…"

"The devil's driving my car tonight, and he's drunk He's pissed, he's mad I don't care which of you he fucks up"