To wear a floral shirt is an experience.
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.
I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.
Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business.
Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.
I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
What in the world is a hangover cure?
I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
I would listen to Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, and I would listen to how they played their riffs, and after I taught myself that, I taught myself to play my own kind of stuff.
I earned my famous name.
First of all, I want people to understand that I'm here to create for them. To create music for people so they'll know that I'm a source of love. And they can depend on my name.
Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music.
