My son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, "I know that dude! I like that dude!" It's incredibly affirming.

I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.

When you know where somebody is, you know the most important thing about them.

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.

In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do people want somebody who yells at them? For most of us, that's so hard to understand. Who wants that? I think there are a lot of people for whom that fulfills some kind of need.

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.