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 grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.

Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.

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

I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney.

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