I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

What doesn't kill you only makes your book longer.

If that's what you're thinking, then don't even question it. Go let your freak flag fly, brother.

My sobriety isn't up for discussion, but as for vices, I seem to hack away at them with my invisible machete from dawn till dusk. The vice of 'more' is an ongoing theme.

We took off our clothes, and we were basically in a sphere of love and light and warmth, and the rest of the world disappeared. It was better than I ever could have dreamed, it was that thing I had been looking for, that love mixed with the rapture of sex.