Cigarettes and coffee, man, that's a combination.

I don't think I'm lucky; I think I have a tough constitution. That's a lot of it. And I've been wise enough to listen to other people. I was unconsciously cultivating as many straight friends as I could.

I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive.

Pussy power's pulling me down, down, down, down. When it's there and I can't have it, I get real real rabid.

I'm not the kind of person who could join AA or have rules for myself or on Thursday take this vitamin pill. So, basically, I learned the hard way. I learned by trial and error, and tried to get drugs out of my work. That took about a year. If I was going to work, it was best that I be straight. And I was surprised at what came out.

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.