high as a kite

Rick, high as a kite and feeling a kinship to the misunderstood animals, takes it upon himself to set some of the snakes free.

He’s very happy with all three, John says, but he had a difficult time watching some of the footage of himself at the peak of his early success — knowing full well that he was either “high as a kite,” to borrow a Bernie Taupin line, or severely depressed and lonely.

An 18-year-old “high as a kite” at a Bob Marley concert.

"They didn’t care at all. The kids were going crazy. They were as high as a kite," he said.

Ramsey made a brisk return and ultimately borrowed Dave Grohl’s iconic giant custom-made, light-up throne that the Foo Fighters headman designed while "high as a kite" as Grohl was nursing his own leg injury in 2015.