It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

Detroit... where 'mother' is half a word.

People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.

I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no reason to dress my monster up.

I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.

I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.

I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.