Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like Iggy, Lou Reed, Jerry Lee Lewis, Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Hubert Selby Jr, Billy Gibbons, Al Pacino, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Johnny Cash etc. have been really great to me. What strikes me is most of the time, the bigger the celeb/legend, the more polite and cool they are. It's the insecure ones who treat you like they're doing you a favor by shaking your hand.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

I see violence in myself; I've done some pretty violent things in my lifetime and I've been around some pretty severe violence all the way up to homicide.

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.

Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward.

It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

Quite often people will get an animal which is probably not a good idea for them to have. They get it out of enthusiasm, there is a genuine interest, but sometimes they're not exactly prepared for what they're getting themselves into.