Some Quotes

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show in Germany, four girls went into a dumpster so they could sneak into the building. They climbed in and hid. When the guys working on the truck started getting the garbage they found them straight away. It was crazy.

I'm more of like a recreational surfer, not a consist surfer. Some people get out every week or every day.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it.

I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas.

Stone-ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits - which I also love. But I never make the instant kind - some things a Southerner just won't do!

I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a respected industry analyst says less than 5% of TV content is being stolen today.

I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

I'd be foolish not to take some of these opportunities that are coming my way.

Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult though because you have to have the suit, and you have to have information in case someone catches you. You have to know at least some names and something.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.

For some men the power to destroy life becomes the equivalent to the female power to create life.

I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.

Having gone through all of this, I feel in some ways calmer now. It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad.

Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.

You have to stand up for some things in this world.

You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.

I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.