Conservatively, I am saying that social networking has made being in a band more fun, but not necessarily changed how the business works.

My top lady advice is to make eye contact early on - before introductions, even - and just never break it, no matter what she does. Keep that dead-eyed lock on her. Works like a charm.

There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for the same fear.

I paid too heavy a price for perestroika.

Convalescence. Such an utter weakness that you lie like an animal hibernating, playing possum. You float. You are adrift. Every current is stronger than you.

We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.

The Warrior of the Light never forgets the old saying: The good little goat doesn't bleat.

I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I've managed to earna living entirely as a composer.

All I know is "make a joyful noise unto the Lord", and I do that whatever opportunity I get.

Trust is maintained when values and beliefs are actively managed. If companies do not actively work to keep clarity, discipline and consistency in balance, then trust starts to break down.

I have never seen a more lucid, more lonely, better balanced mad mind than mine.