Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare virtue of endurance.

The older you get, the more you live with ghosts.

Johnny Depp is, to me, a rare kindred spirit with like sensibilities, who has escaped the beast. He's probably one of the few people that have survived Los Angeles as a human being.

You see, I needed to go to Hell.

I think Elvis Presley will never be solved

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

People think they're gonna make a living off poetry. Ten years ago, maybe a couple of people did. Right now, no one, I don't think.

I don't have a college degree.

For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

As a kid, I would look at my dad and ask him why he was wearing jeans with his tux. Today I love to do it. It's just fun to be a little more unique.

I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they had some idea where they wanted it to go.

To keep my head healthy, [I'm] trying to meditate every morning, which is something I'm sort of getting into more, realizing that it's really positive to do every day.

Love is the victor in every case. Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, and sets the captive free.

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease.