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" God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not? "

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" I don't miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It's like asking, 'Do you miss the fourth grade?' I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don't want to do it again. "

" I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested. "

" Some of us don't want to be a housewife. When you live alone, you can do anything you want to do anytime you want. I really like it. "

" No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it. "

" I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good entertainer. "

" I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were. "

" The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat. "

" Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. "

" Rock & roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting. "

" I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long, but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9. "

" Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to. "

" 'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan. "

" It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there. "

" Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead. "

" Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted. "

" The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever. "

" The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead. "

" Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard. "

" I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art. "

" Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking. "

" I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it. "

" The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract. "

" Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971. "

" I do what I love to do, what I choose to do. "

" I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it. "

" When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do. "

" People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it takes six months to really dry, and all this. I don't have that kind of time. I work with acrylic. It's water based. You can clean it under water. If you spill it on yourself, you just throw it in the washing machine. "

" If you were to say to me that I couldn't paint, I would write. If I couldn't write, I would be a set designer. As long as I'm creating something, I'm happy. "

" In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall. "