“You guys ever listen to Bob Marley? Well, don’t worry. You will when you get to college.”

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“Really guys, it’s just my motorcycle helmet. No big deal.”

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“You’re too young for music festivals. But anyway…”

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“Oh, my earring? It’s a Yin-Yang symbol.”

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“Your teacher wants you to copy these notes I wrote on the board. Hey, while you’re doing that, I just found this killer station on Pandora…”

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“I know, guys. I was in school once, too. Sometimes it feels like you’re in prison. Life gets better though. Especially when you start reading Noam Chomsky in college.”

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“These are Diesel Jeans.”

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“Oh please… American Idiot? You don’t even know what punk is. I was listening to Green Day when they were on Lookout Records. Before they sold out.”

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“… And then I looked all around me. I said to myself, ‘This isn’t me.’ Then I walked right out of his lecture.”

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“Nice MacBook. Did you know Steve Jobs took LSD?”

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“Damn, this chalk dust is really killing the calluses on my fingertips. Guess this will teach me not to play my guitar at Open Mic on a school night.”

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“It’s called a bolo tie. I bought it when I was at Joshua Tree.”

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“Alright, that’s enough. Close your books. You know what I say? I say, a little less curriculum. A little more life.”

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“I sat next to Jeff Goldblum on an airplane once.”