I remember the first guy who offered me a joint in the bathroom. I said ‘No, man, I’ve got enough problems.’
I heard that your brain stops growing when you start doing drugs. Let’s see, I guess that makes me 19.
It’s as clear as the balls on a tall dog.
So study your rock history, son. That be the Bible of the Blues.
To love and be loved is all we know and all we need to know.
Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child?
My Get Up and Go Has Not Got Up and Went!
We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.
The secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there.
Keep your nose to the grindstone. It sharpens your boogers.
I got in trouble my whole life for having a big mouth.
They’ve been stepping on my toes for years. It’s just a reason to get new boots.
I know why we’re here. We’re all here because we’re not all there.
Everyone’s got their problems and their demons, but when we get onstage and play as five, that really all goes away, and that’s really all I look at.
The fact that I’m still constantly smiling is a remarkable thing, but I love getting out on the road, meeting my fans. I love hearing them say wonderful things and I love being able to thank them in person for reading me.
I’m very sensual and very rhythm-oriented and into poetry. Women can feel that.
I’ll tell you what’s fun – finding the right stewardess and turning her upside down in the back of a plane.
I realized when I was taking care of my problems that the band is all I really care about.
You’ve got to lose to know how to win.
The past is gone. It went by like dusk to dawn.
Sometimes I feel compelled to read parts of these memoirs so I can remember things about me that I don’t remember.