The effect of the coke on our relationship [with my wife Brenda] was very sick. Now that it's over, those were actually funny times. Looking for each other's coke, hiding it, finding it, doing some, not telling the other. Then fighting over it.

Soft rock music isn't rock, and it ain't music. It's just soft. Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said, "You show me a tropical fruit and I'll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala."

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage.

No one who has had "Taps" played for them has ever been able to hear it.

I'm not collegial, I don't hang out. I'm soloist, I like my solitude, I don't really hang around with comedians.

The rebellious mood of the country during those [60th] years allowed me to plug right back into my old hatreds. I could scream and holler, as I did on the albums, against religion, government, big business - all those assholes and their values. That hatred was very real.