There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.

I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.

I wanted to go to regular high school- it looked like a lot of fun.

Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together.

It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.

Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists.