It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.

The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.

You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.

And so there I was living in California from Brooklyn, New York, and it was this whole new world for me and I was meeting vegetarians. I thought, let me try this vegetarian thing. I got really into that.

Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.