I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.

Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.