“She was clean": no piercings, tattoos, or scarifications. All the kids were now. And who could blame them, Alex thought, after watching three generations of flaccid tattoos droop like moth-eaten up...”

“I mean, my age is just a number. So what if you were born in the era when they still used rotary phones and cassette tapes? I think its cute.”

“Michael [Hutchence] is hands down one of the greatest frontmen in music. The style, the voiceall of it. Any way that I was ever influenced by him really comes down to small, pale imitations compare...”