When I moved to L. A. with this little wimpy garage band, the first people we met were the Doors. Then we met Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. All of the people who died of excess were our big brothers and sisters. So I said to myself: How do you become a legend and enjoy it? The answer is to create a character as legendary as those guys and leave that character on the stage.

Do you feel your best when your strung out on your morphine and meth?

The boy's got problems, the boy's got stress, the boy's got a .38 hidden in his desk.

Johnny Depp already seen how alcohol and drugs can get in the way of a career. And you have to remember one thing: Johnny was a guitar player and a rock-and-roller way before he was an actor. When he came to Los Angeles, he came with his band.

No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is easy. True christianity…that's rebellion.

It used to be said: As GM goes, so goes America. Now it's: As Starbucks goes, so goes America.