I had that thing of wanting to prove I was a tough kid.
Don't let anything poison your individuality. Break away & look in, not outward.
I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to perfect. No style that had to be measured. It was completely opposite of what I saw in so many sports. It was creative. And to this day, that's what I love, that's always kept me back to it because it's endless creation.
The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief.
Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me is precisely that: a form of expression that drew me to it, and, in so doing, I was able to express and be who I wanted to be through it, in a sense.
Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with.
There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.
When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.
With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for an escape opportunity. Maybe a hole in the wall too small for Tori’s mom to follow me through or a precarious stack of boxes I could topple onto her head or an abandoned hammer I could brain her with. I’d never “brained” anyone in my life, but with Tori’s mom, I was willing to try.
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.
I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.