People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and theyre usually 98 percent wrong.

Cocaine made people deaf, it made people dead and it made people real obnoxious.

In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

American radio from the '30s through the '60s was just fabulous. There was such a diversity.

Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.

What my true addiction is is reading. I love to read. If I'd get too loaded, I couldn't remember the sentence I just read.