"Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does."

"I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project."

"I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs."

"But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you."

"I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one."

"Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers."

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."

"I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it."