At university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy poets, and I came to view my early subjects through that prism.

Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.

As society has changed, what had formerly been unacceptable has become colorful.

What the world needs right now... a good, artistic, gothic, terrifying scare

The key to The Doors is the culture behind the myth.

When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.

The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.