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

If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.

All you got in life is your honor, man, your own self-image, your own self-respect. If you lose that, or if you give it away or if you sell it, then you ain't got it no more.

Inherited hatred (i.e. hatred your parents schooled you in) is not only stupid, it is destructive - why make your only driving force hate? Seems really f***ing dumb to me.

Don't look to me. Don't ask for help. Don't ask for anything that you can do yourself

It will be funny in about 10 years.

Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.