I Find It Amusing On One Level,

Ideal Government Would Be A Very Boring Job - It Would Be A Matter Of Organizing A Lot Of Utilities And Keeping The Wires Together And The Power Plant And All That Kind Of Stuff. It's Not A Matter Of Telling People How To Live, It's A Matter Of Making It Pleasant For Them To Live. Government Should Be In The Position Of Distributing Food, Stuff Like That.

God Is All Over The Place. And Even If He Isn't, If It Makes Me Feel Good, Why Not?

I Don't Like To Be Told What To Do At All. That's Unfortunate Because A Lot Of People Come Up With Good Ideas And Can Direct You.

You Either Evolve Or You Don't. I Don't Like Old People On A Rock N' Roll Stage. I Think They Look Pathetic, Me Included. And The Fact That I Represent An Era Means I Can't Just Go Out There And Do All New Stuff. They Would All Say, 'sing 'white Rabbit,'' And I'd Say No? That's Rude.

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.