It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.

It is natural for a person to make a mistake (commit a fault). What is the way to become free from that? Only the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] can show it, (which is) ‘Pratikraman’.

What is excellent is of praise worthy.

I guess I'd rather have a truthful neighbor who says he hates me than a lyin' one who claims he loves me.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

This is something - we have to have the best defensive capabilities. We need to coordinate all of our efforts with the private sector. We need to give them liability relief so that we can do that.

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

The few things I’d sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and baby were worth it.

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so people really do tear out their hair and beat the ground with their fists

Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind.