It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.

One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India or pick an African country to go to for 2-3 weeks and really see how life can be. That might be a real good thing because I think they would see things even if the trip was a nightmare. I think they might understand more of the mechanics of the world.

Once you say something, it stays said. I apologized to anyone who may have been hurt by what I said, and I really meant it. I am absolutely not interested in hurting anyone, or being mean or insensitive.

As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.