I didn't have any inhibitions. I saw Elvis and Gene Vincent, and I thought, "Well, I can do this." And I liked doing it.

People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don't know what really matters.

I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.

Drug use makes you snappy, and you get very bad-tempered and have terrible hangovers.

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

I wasn't understanding enough about drug addition. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.

I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.