Mike Ness

I think I'm probably going to have more luck on tour, on the road, than I am at home, because as hectic…

— Mike Ness

No one would barbecue their family dog. Why is a cow or a pig or a chicken different?

— Mike Ness

I went to yoga for six months straight, but that was about five years ago! I've been trying to get back. I…

— Mike Ness

I think you never want to limit yourself to one style of anything. Why put those limitations on yourself?

— Mike Ness

I do feel like, now, approaching fifty, I am definitely at a crossroads and having to reevaluate things and look at things.…

— Mike Ness

We`re not here for a long time, we`re here for a good time / Reach For the Sky, 'cause tomorrow may never…

— Mike Ness

You have to be open, and being open is a daily challenge, I think.

— Mike Ness

As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and…

— Mike Ness

I do know that love, whether you're giving it or receiving it, or both, it is the ultimate healer.

— Mike Ness

I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that…

— Mike Ness

When I see everyone doing the same thing, I want to do the opposite.

— Mike Ness

I think, honestly, that ego makes you most vulnerable. When you are in humility you are much more comfortable, open and okay…

— Mike Ness

Stop contemplating and start celebratingYeah, you gotta live before you die.

— Mike Ness

Whether you're going through fear, whether you're going through pain, or whether you're going through anything, love is the best healer and…

— Mike Ness

I have fantasy jobs like working in retail at a department store just selling rich housewives outfits and saying 'this looks fabulous…

— Mike Ness

I've never been a flag waver, but I can lead by example.

— Mike Ness

Best things in life aren't things.

— Mike Ness

There's something about playing every night, it becomes easy and it becomes fun. I love being up there and playing for different…

— Mike Ness

I was taught early on in my recovery that, 'Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.'

— Mike Ness

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

— Mike Ness

I feel that if you're in the public eye in any way that you do have a little bit of influence on…

— Mike Ness

There are those uncomfortable things that've passed that you have to deal with or they define you, like childhood trauma. Like when…

— Mike Ness

The attitude is in my personality. It's going to come out in the songs no matter what. If you're pushing the vocal…

— Mike Ness