People don't realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any kind of abuse, or any dream.

Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.