I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.

Kids don't see me as an oldies person when I go out on stage. They see me as an energy force.

I used to surf up in Ventura County at Silver Strand; plus, I've played up there many times.

When I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you took off and go for the drop, and when the wave is lipping up over the top of you, it makes this hissing sound.

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.

Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen knives, listening to the big bands on my dad's records. Gene Krupa and Harry James.