I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'

If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.

I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.

I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts.

When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.

Something good always happens at 4:20 for me.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

Boredom is a disease, too.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

Smash the Goals in your Life! You are the Unstoppable!

Love can open like a flower out of even the hardest places.

It doesn’t take long for your fortunes to turn. One second you’re fluttery as a bird, the next you’re on the ground with your wings clipped.

Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious individualistic unconventional sensitive irritable.

Yeah... sure you know me...

You cannot live when you are untouchable. Life is vulnerability.

I think lowering the age of consent to thirteen in New Jersey was a great idea. It might give boys a better chance to get girls before maga­zines. That's when they get hooked, in junior high.

There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

The objective of education is learning, not teaching