It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.

I don't worry about new young bands. The bounty of life is infinite and so is music and so are opportunities.

Nothing was working, and my friend was dead, and I didn't want to look at that.

I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

Adolescence is such a fun time in your life, because you think you know it all, and you haven’t gotten to the point where you realize that you know almost nothing.

What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends.

I never felt like dying was a good idea.