It's absurd for anybody to look around and hear the acts and artists who cite us as an inspiration, and then tell me that we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am.

Autobiographies, for the most part, to me, are like writing a love letter to yourself.

The whole idea of rock and roll lifestyle is a cartoon. It's a caricature. And at times, it's made up of people emulating others; a few who actually live that lifestyle and many who claim to live that lifestyle.

The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life.

Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.