The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract.

I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Without alcohol I'd be richer by two million dollars that went to pay lawyer's fees.

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

I'm a John Denver freak, and I don't give a sh*t that he looks like a f***ing turkey.