When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.

The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important

I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

When "Search and Destroy" by the Stooges came on as a Nike shoe commercial, I got physically sick. That song meant the world to me, and I didn't feel this was the way it ought to be used.

When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.

There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who was at least an acquaintance to Les Baxter before he passed away.