I've Been To Enough Other Countries In

I Went Through A Big Alice Cooper Phase, Which Was Probably A Major Influence On My Writing Style Later, Especially After Plastic Surgery Disasters.

From The Beginning, There Was So Much Pressure In The Early San Francisco Punk Scene For Everyone To Be Different Than Everyone Else, To Flaunt Your Intelligence And Insights Instead Of Every Band Sounding Alike, Like What Plagues Punk Music In Particular Today.

Looking Back, I Didn't Realize Until Years Later What A Huge Influence Red Skelton Was In My Stage Demeanor With The Band. I Mean, I Always Liked Things That Were Funny, And Later I Realized That Having A Sly Sense Of Humor Was A Way To Get Attention And Even Respect In School.

Then As I Got Older, I Always Gravitated Towards The Hard Stuff, Born To Be Wild, Then Black Sabbath

I Am An Anarchist In My Personal Life. I Try To Live My Life In A Way That I Don't Need Cops Or Baby-sitters To Keep Me From Infringing On Others. But I Don't Feel We Have Evolved Far Enough As A Species To Make Anarchy Work In Society Itself. We Still Need Government To Transfer The Wealth From Those Who Have Too Much To Those Who Have Too Little, To Make Sure Important Projects Get Done, And Keep Territorial Humans From Screwing Over And Killing Each Other.