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I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.

I was always interested in curing the brain.

I don't remember what was going through my mind, but what was going through my body was fear and terror. I had been on the road with Johnny and working gigs and playing a lot of the organ clubs.

Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.

Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts.

Right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called 'Changing the Inner Dialogue of Your Subconscious Mind.' I'd never been to anything like it before, and all my friends were taking bets on how long I'd last with no TV, no radio, no phone. But for me that was the beginning of paying attention to all the little things.

I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury.

As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience.