My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.

I'm an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.