"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

"Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and drive like a bastard to the Mexican border."

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough."

"No, this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Too many cops."

"San Francisco is a city of freaks. But they're beautiful freaks."