"I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be."

"Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanthropic view of the world, but to have an opinion, you can't be a nihilist."

"My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension."

"The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously."

"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance."

"If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you."

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"