I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

When you’re young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

I'm a huge Peter Mayer fan, but only when I don't feel like killing him for being so good. I love Peter's work, though it irritates me that he plays so much better than I do. If I rocked half as hard as Peter does, I'd own the world by now.