A person would have to change himself in order to be a living example of what he's singing about.

May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.

I didn't know it was anger until they told me that it was, like with destruction and all that. But I believe everybody should have like a room where they can get rid of all their releases, where they can do their releases at. So my room is a stage.

The Telecaster has two sounds - a good one and a bad one.

Purple haze all in my eyes, don't know if it's day or night. You got me blowin', blowin' my mind. Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?

Telephone message on his manager's answering machine shortly before dying of heroin overdose: I need help bad, man.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.