I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

It's kind of limiting using your intellect to write songs like Brown Sugar, isn't it? The only thing I'm really interested in is comparative religion and ancient history.

Music is the love of my life. It's a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpected and meaningful.

You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever... just never make me boring.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.