Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal.

When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.

If I was white, I would be like John Wayne. I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play. Somebody who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, from poverty.

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.

I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.