"I've been to jail. I've been in a lot of places. I've been in a lot of trouble. I've been in a lot of situations that were not good. But I've always come out of it. And I've always had a good time."

"You've got to be careful not to be a hypocrite. If you sing a song about drinking, you've got to drink. If you sing a song about shooting a man down, you've got to shoot a man down. I've done both, fo…"

"I'm a walking, talking contradiction. And I love it."

"I wear the black, for every soul in pain, for every broken spirit, in the sun and in the rain."

"I'm not a Christian. I'm a sinner."