Sid said that drugs weren't the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution.

Guys are great before you know who they are,' said Lucy. 'They're great when you're still with who they might be.

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

You have to constantly arrange yourself around them, and that can take up a lot of energy. I mean, you don't go, "Why don't you cook dinner tonight, dear, for a change, instead of writing a great song?" I loved what [Paul Simon] did with words. But I wanted to do some more of that, too.

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me.