I think America, really, is over.

Most journalists are broken down alcoholics.

I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past.

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.

Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison. Now, if you like poison, why shouldn't you have it? But don't try to pretend that it's innocuous.

I think fame is something that you've achieved in your inner self that becomes known to others outside you. There are really very few famous people in history.