Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist, as a performer. Your respon….

You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life..

I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book..

If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair..

Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like..

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171)..

I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me..

Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not..

All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom..

Look at Obama - he is now [2015] trying to help us environmentally but he should have done it eight years ago. He's trying to salvage his legacy and ….

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss..

I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice..

Christianity made us think there's one heaven..

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going ….

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devot….

Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush..

Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?.

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Br….

I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took up all my time. People wanted me to have a ….

Sometimes you have to abandon your own children for other children..

I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower or stumble out at dawn and realize I'm in ….