At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.

I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.

Rock music seems to be very fragmented these days, I can't say that I ever really hear anything that just knocks me over.

I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

history has no overall direction or purpose

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times.

The Breakfast of Champions isn't cereal, it's the competition!

After much thought and prayer, I have come to my own personal conclusion that we shouldn't tell people who they can love or who they can marry.

"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.