[Asked if Adrienne gets mad when he gets naked] "Yeah, she sometimes gets mad. She's quite territorial about me in that way, and I'm the same with her."

"I know what it's like being a kid. Being a kid fucking sucks. The last thing I want for Joey is for him to be known as my son. I'd rather keep the magazines and the fame away from him. Which will be impossible, but I think it's really important for him to develop his own identity. Let him make his own mistakes. I'd rather be the station wagon kind of parent, you know, like going to Wally World. I just want to be a normal dad."

"Being a parent is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my whole life. I'm totally self-conscious all the time, making sure I don't scream in front of Joey, trying to keep some sort of comfortable atmosphere for him. I'm not used to that. I'm usually like 'arrrgghh!'"

"I'm trying to keep up my end of the bargain," says Armstrong. "It takes two, you know, a mom and a dad. Adrienne's an amazing mom. Mothers have got the worst jobs in the whole world. And I never realized that until I had a kid. I don't care what you do, or what job you complain about. Try to be a mother. You won't last a fucking day."

"I'm the epitome of a latchkey kid," says Armstrong, the youngest of six children. "By the time my mom, who had me when she was 40, got around to raising me, she was like, 'You do what you want, I'm sick of being strict all the time.'"

"One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak."

"Only a few days before he drew his last breath, he gave me my first guitar. He gave it a name - Blue - because it was a blue fender Stratocaster copy. It ended up battered, covered in duct tape and stickers, because I played it so much. It's become my trademark and I still use replicas on stage and in videos. My dad wouldn't have believed where that first guitar has lead. We're just a fuck-all, know-nothing band from California. He'd have shaken his head in disbelief."

"My dad wouldn't have believed where that first guitar has lead. We're just a fuck-all, know-nothing band from California. He'd have shaken his head in disbelief."

"Adrienne is the only woman I will ever love. If anything, anything at all would ever happen to her, I'd die of a broken heart, or better yet, kill myself so I could be with her."

"I am not really into groupies as I have a wonderful wife to keep me company."

"I'm a father now. I have a certain responsibility. It isn't just my life anymore. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed. I don't want him to get the impression that his father is a drunk, a bum. Having children is a big responsibility and I don't want to make a mess out of it. I don't want my son thinking that I care more for booze than I care for him. If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. You know they might reach it. It's just not good."