For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It’s opened up everything so wide that it’s possible for everyone to have different ideas.

Hang in there. If you believe what you’re doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing… and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.

I like you. You’re all right. Actually, I like you better meeting you than if somebody had just given me your record.

In our position, we’ve always done well, but we just haven’t had that hit yet that put us over the top. We always break even.

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

Well, I think we’re the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.

We’re the only band that kept the guts, and kept the excitement, and kept the belief, you know. We never sidetracked. We never went the way of the Clash, and never wanted to get into the discotheques that bad.

“We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard, … Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin … overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.”

“I once told this writer a story about how I met the guys in an elevator and found out we all had the same last name, so we decided to form a band.”

“If you are not in it, you are out of it”