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Richards so elegantly wasted, and I wanted to be part of that life, you know? It wasn't so much the music, it was the life. And the Rolling Stones were the people that really introduced me to the life. I was a little bit young for the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, but I camped out on Christmas Day 1972 to get those tickets, and that for me was kind of when I joined the life. The rock life. It was the first time I ever smoked marijuana, the first time I ever bonded with what you would call hippie types, and I was so straight growing up, completely straight. Never got drunk, never really partied, had sex or anything like that, you know, until my early twenties. I made up for it, because once you're in the life, you know, it's been a pretty good haul. Even know, it's sometimes hard to stay interested in rock'n'roll, but every once in a while you'll see a show like Oasis at the Music Hall, or Ween at Liberty Lunch, a show that just makes you so happy, it fills you with so much joy, it keeps you interested. Recently I saw Sun Volt at Liberty Lunch, and they were just phenomenal. The thrills are further apart than they used to be, but they're still thrilling. There's a real caste system in rock'n'roll, and I didn't want to be just a fan. I wanted to be a little further up than just a fan. I wanted to try to make some sense of everything I was feeling. I think instinctively I want to write about my life and then rock'n'roll became a big part of my life. I think I was able to write