I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

No magic. I do believe you might have taken it all with you when you went away.

I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power.

Basically, men are afraid of women and can’t handle the fact that they came out of the same thing they spend the rest of their lives trying to get back into.

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster.

There's no such thing as an ex-junkie.

When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.