[My favorite decade] probably the '60s, because there were hardly any rules and heroin hadn't shown up, so people hadn't started dying. It was incredibly upbeat, and we almost did change the world. I guess that was the best one .

The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

A kid once said to me "Do you get hangovers?" I said, "To get hangovers you have to stop drinking.

Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" when he was coked out of his mind. Later on, it nearly killed him.

It's just that I am too old now to chase all the woman involved; which just seems a shame.