As A Human Being With Notoriety And

Punk Rock Will Never Die, Until Something More Dangerous Replaces It.

Shut Up, Be Happy. Obey All Orders Without Question. The Happiness You Have Demanded Is Now Mandatory.

I Saw The Ramones, Early On At A Country-rock Palace In Denver. They Were Opening For Some Record-company Band, So The Local Music Establishment, And I Emphasize The Word "establishment," Was There In Force, And The Handful Of Us Who Knew The Ramones Were Up In Front. And Half The Fun Was, You Know, Not Only Were The Ramones The Most Powerful Band I Had Ever Seen At That Point, But They Made It Look So Simple - That Anyone Could Do It, Hell, Even I Could Do It. This Is What I Should Be Doing.

I Am An Anarchist In My Personal Life. I Try To Live My Life In A Way That I Don't Need Cops Or Baby-sitters To Keep Me From Infringing On Others. But I Don't Feel We Have Evolved Far Enough As A Species To Make Anarchy Work In Society Itself. We Still Need Government To Transfer The Wealth From Those Who Have Too Much To Those Who Have Too Little, To Make Sure Important Projects Get Done, And Keep Territorial Humans From Screwing Over And Killing Each Other.

I Went Through A Big Alice Cooper Phase, Which Was Probably A Major Influence On My Writing Style Later, Especially After Plastic Surgery Disasters.