Jerry Only Quotes
The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I'm not politically correct.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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I was a handful as a kid. I get bored easily. Now I'm pretty chill compared to back then. When I'm on the road, I watch Netflix and, at home, relax or fish.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity.
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The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families.
