If a lobster didn't look like a sci-fi monster, people would be less able to drop him alive into boiling water.

Sometimes, when I was really loaded, I'd sit on the floor and sort out every nut and bolt in the house. It was just sheer insanity. And often there'd be speed in the cut, so I was a speed freak, too.

Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.

Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer.

I was surprised when I started getting old. I always thought it was one of those things that would happen to someone else.

At 68 I'm every age I ever was. I always think of that. I'm not just 68. I'm also 55 and 21 and three. Oh especially three.

For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label.