"Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker."
"In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice."
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Source: Song: Ghost World, Album: Bachelor No. 2, 2000
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