My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those insights.

I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just doesn't fit.

I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.

When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.

I shall drive my chariot down your street and cry hey it's me.

It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.

I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from.