Good and evil lay side by side.

Good and evil lay side by side.

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

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

Purple Haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.

The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

I get stoned, I can't get home, I'm calling long distance on a public saxophone. My head is achin', my back is breakin', feel I got run over by Captain Coconut and his dog named Rover.