Keith Morris > Quotes

“These people would come to our shows and call us names. They’d call us “Devos,” like we were the ones who didn’t belong there. It made no sense.”
― Keith Morris, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

“What I needed to do was stop talking about being a bad person and start being a good one. Set an example by showing up, living my life, and doing what I was meant to do.”
― Keith Morris, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

“All of my friends and acquaintances were guys and gals like me: damaged souls doing whatever it took to get by.”
― Keith Morris, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

“Sobriety worked for me because I knew that I wanted to quit. I’d already done everything that I wanted to do.”
― Keith Morris, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor

“When I was a teenager I had posters of all of my favorite musicians up on my bedroom walls—David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Edgar Winter’s They Only Come Out at Night, and the first KISS album. My dad didn’t really know what to make of it. One time he came into my room while I was listening to music and looked at all the posters and said, “You’re a fag, aren’t you?” This was an actual one-sided conversation we had.”
― Keith Morris, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor