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.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.

You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.

I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.

Taking drugs on a recreation level is one thing. But taking them while you're working on a stage is, I don't think it was that great. It's the control factor. And the thing about being on stage, you really want to feel that you're sort of in control a lot. It's not a place where you want to be out of control.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.