I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

You can do any number of things in the music business aside from trying to look like you're 25. To me it's embarrassing.

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall.

I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were.

You are the crown of creation, and you've got no place to go.