For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

By a fraction of an inch have I escaped fiery carnage in the concrete canyons of the Hollywood Freeway. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

On a stage of wood and steel have I performed lying upon my stomach in stupor. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Traded blows upon the stage with the lead singer have I. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

In rage and the passion of the moment have I struck a drummer. With calm and great deliberation have I struck a lead guitarist. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Unspeakable acts have I committed upon a hotel room. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

With whiskey and narcotics have I walked through this life. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Fatally insulted those who would further me have I. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

With gifts of hemp and drugs of all manner purchased by my management have I secured bookings. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

From a place of much construction have I taken a brick and, summoning a mighty strength have I thrown it through the window of a Place Of Rock that would seek to cheat Those Who Had Rocked. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Nightly have I selected and organized a complement of valuable sound equipment belonging to a Place Of Rock, the better to avail myself of it in the event of treachery. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

On tour have I incited worried calls to management from persons in the radio and retail markets with reference to my hostility. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

My head knows well the rest of many a night upon the sands of Santa Monica. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

On the Sunset Strip have I made my stand, rocking upon the stages that The Great Ones rocked, as would be their wont. This I have done breathing fire and sweating gin. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

In the city of New York have I assembled the major names in music publishing, there to regale and beguile them with songs which they could not possibly comprehend. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Strings I have changed for Dave Navarro, suggesting a custom gauge. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Devices I have designed for Stephen Perkins, that he may pass with his fragrant burdens safely through airport inspections. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Stage managed and mixed have I productions in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Written have I 100, nay, 125 pages of classical string quartet music. For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

Of all this I speak for this and this alone: that henceforth all shall know that I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

And when the rolls are called, when the rolls are called to bring forth Those Who Have Rocked unto one place and Those Who Have Not Rocked unto a place other, shall I henceforth repair to the place of Rocking, there to await further instruction.

For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.

For you, the gentle, the people of slow sojourn, for whom the world is a garden of peace and easy thoughts, for you I wish the sweet, calm dream of Not Rocking, that ye shall have thy comforts and thy solace. But again I say, when the rolls are called, my place shall not be among thee, but in that other place, that place of vodka, that place of toil and glory, that place of sacrifice and cocaine and soiled, torn garmentry. In that place of sex and cigarettes. In that place of Rocking.

For I Am Of Those Who Have Rocked.