I'm militantly anti-drug abuse but love everything Keith Richards and some other drug goofballs do.

Name me a society that doesn't love barbeque. It doesn't exist. Mankind is barbeque celebration.

I have undeniable evidence that many have awakened as a result of my raising hell. Raising hell is SO American rock-and-roll. And of course even soulless wimps love killer music and my incredible guitar tone.

There are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth.

I started singing with the Amboy Dukes in '87. I sang 'Oh Baby Please Don't Go,' the old Van Morrison song by Joey Smith. I started singing more from then on.

Everybody I hang with - the ranchers, the farmers, the cops, the teachers, the plumbers, everybody I hang with - they've got an alarm clock. They get up, they put their heart and their soul into being the very best that they can be. They want to be an asset to their families and their neighborhood. They want to be productive members of society.

Jerry [Garcia] got high and Jerry's dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted.