I only eat so that I can smoke and stay alive.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA

Sixty percent of the vegetables you see in the supermarkets came from the American Indians. They also gave us aspirin and quinine. And their model of government parallels our Senate. But their women elected the chiefs, and impeached them.

I have a good ear for languages.