I only notice the clothes I'm wearing.

I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it.

Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.

Your musical soul is like facets of a jewel, and you stick out one facet at a time ... (and) I tend to work real hard on whatever it is I do, to get it up to speed, up to a professional level. I tend to bury myself in one thing for years at a time.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.