I was about twenty and the Beatles were meditating and I heard about it and they had a center in New York and I came to the center and I learned about it.
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Nationality: American Type: Businessman Born: 1949 |
To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.
One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?