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.

Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

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

I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

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