I don't think wood was discovered in Britain until the 1970's. That's when I discovered it anyway.

Remember the band, Flock of Seagulls? They had their van stolen. I was like, They still have a van?

Here in California, we passed a law against texting while driving. But there's no law preventing you from writing a letter while driving.

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

I do a show. It comes on late at night on TV. And if that means I'm a late-night talk show host, then I guess I am, but in every other regard I resign my commission, I don't care for it.

On that same tour we ran into a band at Aylesbury Friars, a biggish venue in Oxfordshire, England. They were a four-piece from Ireland called U2. They seemed like nice fellows and they sounded pretty good, but we didn’t keep in touch. They’re probably taxi drivers and accountants by now.

Ros was dead. He had loved heroin more than it loved him. I was shocked beyond imagining; he was the first of my friends to fall.