Source: Factotum
Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (2008)
“The Prophet said, All drinks that produce intoxication are Haram.”
Sahih Bukhari 1:4:243
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 321.
“I don't have a drinking problem ‘cept when I can't get a drink.”
"Bad Liver and a Broken Heart", Small Change (1976).
“Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young.”
When You're Young (1979)
On his stage performances, including acts where he would crawl and roll on broken glass.
Rolling Stone interview (2003)
Context: As society has changed, what had formerly been unacceptable has become colorful, even the broken-glass thing. Although, you know, there's an archetypal element to that anyway.... It's about the blood... The Christians used that riff with Christ. What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen. And when they asked him, "Why are you hanging out with prostitutes and fishermen?" he said, "Because they need me." What a line, you know? But what your martial society really wants is blood. We need some blood. We need some suffering. Like, the individual must suffer for the good of the whole. I toy around with that. Early on, I wasn't looking at Jesus Christ, saying to myself, "What an angle." I wasn't trying to be Christ-y. But, after all, on one level, this is showbiz.
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
Variant: First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
