Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not career, money, drugs, sex, alcohol or fun. Not that there's anything wrong with any of those things, but they aren't in the film [Dream of Life], because that wasn't my life at the time.

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171).

I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?

New generations have unprecedented power to make great changes. Take the music business for example. The new generations have toppled the music industry by file sharing, downloading, and Myspace. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the people.

Grief isn't all tears.

Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender?