I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.

My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.

I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.