And for so long, I had thought if I was going to write a song, or get "into" something, I had to at least smoke a joint or something. And that didn't work anymore. Once I was fairly well cleaned out, even a little bit of a drug getting into my work threw me off kilter.

Onstage I've been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.

I never say never about anything.

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.

It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.

How am I going to listen to that horrible noise I make without a gram of coke and a couple of double Jack Daniels?

Well, I don't use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.