I think intellectualization is what's killing most people.

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

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

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.

Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form.

Shivers up and down my spine It's a feeling so divine Let me go back for a while Got to go back for a while To that magic time.

[Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated.