“I wasn’t ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.”

I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

I didn’t do the typical things that young kids do.

My tendency is to be the guy in the back, even though I often end up being the guy in the front.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

But I’ve consistently worked for 10 years.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

My parents were hippies.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they’re likable.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I have a habit of recording records very quickly – and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I’m not focused on details, because I’m a freak when it comes to that.

It’s not easy starting a label and putting out your own records. It’s required me at times to humble myself and really push and work hard to try to give this the best shot. I really want to share this with the world.

The big things I’ve had are things I bought myself.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you’re willing to push the material and do something different.

we live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.

I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.

A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he’s making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don’t make any difference if it’s baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It’s business, I tell you. There ain’t no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.

I said I’m going to hit the next one right over the flagpole. God must have been with me.

I don’t blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to ’em? More power to ’em.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

So I’m ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.