And we're still about two months away from the tournament.

The event grew like an acorn into a giant oak tree in one year. The dedication of the volunteers who hold this event is beyond any adjectives that could describe it.

I did not know he (Hagen) was known as Hamburger. We could write a book about all the people who have fished the St. Jude Bass Classic that are no longer with us.

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

One of my best friends, Stephen Sprouse, Bill Dugan, and I worked designing clothes, doing every conceivable thing. New York was a really intoxicating period for me, literally and figuratively. There was a lot of overlap with Andy Warhol, Studio 54, and Halston.

Television's Mr. Filth: that's me.