My style of performance poetry came from the beatniks, Allen Ginsberg.

I was so used to doing art that my fingers were like albino spiders. So it was just natural for me to go to a typewriter and write poetry.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.

I use drugs to work. I never use them to escape or for pleasure. When you turn to drugs, all you're doing is turning inside, anyway. I only use drugs for construction. It's like one of my architectural tools.

Acknowledge all man as fellow creation, but don't follow him.

I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I wasn't evil. The lifestyle I had was one that lent itself to becoming more and more self-involved.