I've never read anything about heroin where, yeah, it's a good experience, and you can do it for 20 years and enjoy it, like having a cold beer. It doesn't work that way with heroin.

People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.

I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.

As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.