I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities.

Some days you go bear hunting and you get eaten. Some days you come home with a nice rug to roll around on, and bear steaks. What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you get the rug and steaks, but you also get some nice scars to go with them. As a child you don't understand that you can win, but that's it's not always worth the price. Once you understand and accept that possibility you become a real grown up, and the world becomes a much more serious place. Not less fun, but once you realize what can go wrong, it's a lot scarier to go hunting "bears".

He was such a punk when he was a kid, ... It can be hard growing up in front of the public that way, and I always admire people who handle that with grace.

Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play.

Propriety is the new punk.

Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on assumption? Can you see now who is the lesser evil between the two?