I'm tearing down Route 80 East, the sun's on my right side. I'm drunk, but my vision's good.

It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the audience that's intellectually oriented, into the lyrics... then there's another element of the audience that's into a sex trip. I'm into both of them.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

I think it's important that people don't feel alone.

The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles.

They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin.