I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.

I think that, ah, I'm a very goofy sort of person in many ways.

Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren't going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.

I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

I'm a flamboyant person. I like to live life. I certainly work hard for it, and I want to have a good time. Don't deny me that. It might not come again and I want to enjoy myself a little.