Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with.

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I love women, I think they're great.

My attitude is that you very rarely come in contact with someone of Master Ren's level, so every opportunity I could get to learn from him I wanted to do that.

I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do?

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

I take drugs just because in the 20th century in a technological age living in the city there are certain drugs you have to take just to keep yourself normal like a caveman. Just to bring yourself up or down, but to attain equilibrium you need to take certain drugs. They don't getcha high even, they just getcha normal.