I loved the Doors. I think Jim Morri­son is the first real rock star. Morrison took it to another level, being a poet, elegantly wast­ed. In getting that fucked up, he was try­ing to reach a new consciousness. He was a singing [Charles] Bukowski.

Chuck Berry... First song I learned on guitar is his "Johnny b. goode"

You are a guitar hero to a kid that came from the sticks. And that kid was me.

Here’s a photo of me and Joey Ramone exchanging phone numbers in 1994. He sat in front of me and 80 at the mtv movie awards.. I thought I was gonna cry.

We love you Little Richard.