I guess I'm like any other concerned father, except that nobody else's son guns a cycle over 17 pickups without holding on to the handlebars.

I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.

I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.

I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.