I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.

Look at it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on!

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.