I think intellectualization is what's killing most people.

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.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of time after the '74 tour. There was nothing definite that I wanted to record.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.