He said, 'Man, I just escaped from Exodus' [a treatment facility]. I didn't have any foresight that the guy was going to do what he did. I could tell he was bummed out, and I'd been that way before. We were at baggage claim, and I thought I'd ask him to come stay at my house. I turned around and he was gone... What if. Only if. A lot of my friends have died. If only he'd...

I think one of the reasons so many people connected to him is they could tell his music was really pure and instinctual.

He had an amazing ear for melody.

In his way, he was the closest equivalent this decade and this generation of rock fans had to a John Lennon, and I don't make that comparison easily or impulsi…

All my friends say I should leave him because he's mean, angry, and abusive. I need to get some new friends.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

I'm so happy 'Cause today I found my friends They're in my head. I'm so ugly, but that's okay 'Cause so are you.