Heaven and hell is right now, right at this moment. You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

There's the whole significance of Krishna as the flute player who awakens our consciousness. It doesn't necessarily have to be a flute because for me it was a sitar or a guitar or even Elvis Presley doing "Heartbreak Hotel." It was like Krishna's flute calling me somewhere. It's just really simple when we can remember.

The first time I took LSD, it just blew everything away. I had such an incredible feeling of well-being.

Even one moment in the company of a divine person, Krishna's pure devotee, can help a tremendous amount.

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so if you can get to a man's spirit soul by eating, and it works, why not do it? There's nothing better than having been chanting and dancing, or just sitting and talking philosophy, and then suddenly the devotees bring out the prasadam. It's a blessing from Krishna, and it's spiritually important.

Hallelujah and Hare Krishna are quite the same thing.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.