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 don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

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

My solo albums were each like a half-finished puzzle; they represented only the beginning of a full picture. Simply put, they were inadequate and incomplete.

You start out performing because it's fun, then you learn more things and you want to do more than go "Na-na-na-na" on a stage. The production end is interesting, writing is interesting, and you learn to coordinate all these things.

Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead did as much for mankind as any president.

'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss.