People were very protective of me. Overly so. I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing.

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what should be a hungry culture but you have it diminished... that's kind of disappointing.

Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!

Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they'll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they'll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they'll tell you Hollywood. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they'll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain.

I didn't think I had much of a following in the South. I thought I was anonymous down there so I kept to the South. But I found in certain pockets that I was quite recognizable and I just hit a wig store.