There were a couple of companies that wanted to put me with a producer, and I said, "Well, I just produced my last album," and I wasn't about to go backwards.

I write titles of songs a lot. sometimes I'll end up writing a song that I don't have a title for and I'll say, 'Oh, this goes with that title.

With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I said no right away because I was way too much into my own thing.

If you can be, be yourself.

​You are only limited by your imagination.

Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it.

The first part of madness is believing what you hear. The Second is acting on it.

Not every change is an improvement but every improvement is a change; you can't do anything BETTER unless you can manage to do it DIFFERENTLY, you've got to let yourself do better than other people!

I just know that I could never spend a winter in Chicago or some place like that. Im just not a cold weather person.

I went to glam shows and was inspired by Bowie.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

A lot of times, it gets weird when some guy is playing your dad. It feels weird to you. It feels like they're forcing sentiment. It's disgusting.

The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right.