Honesty isn't easy. Or comfortable.

If I know that I can do something that makes me happy, why do I allow myself to get so depressed?

Knowledge is not always power.

You never know. Somebody can seem cool and then you look in their music library and there's Katy Perry.

I'm probably the only person in the world that feels physical pain as a reaction to joy.

I like lots of bands, and I LOVE fewer, but the list is still lengthy. I rarely pick a "favorite" because I think that's for laypeople who don't understand the infinite possibilities of music.

I dug her usage of "Spotify" as a verb.

I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.

I'm attracted to difficulty, I think. I'm attracted to guys who have truckloads of baggage. With them, it will never, ever be simple. And then they do or say one little magical thing and they own me.

I'm awful at hiding it when I'm miserable. Sometimes I think if I were better at it maybe I'd be able to fool myself. Trick the misery right out of me.

Advocating well with a personal story is not a call to simply “Insert Story Here.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

I love metal songs about metal. That's one of my favorite things. Nobody does that any more. Nobody sings about how metal they are, or about their fans, or about how crazy their pits are.

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.

Radio is truly the theater of the mind. The listener constructs the sets, colors them from his own palette, and sculpts and costumes the characters who perform in them.

Steve Lawson is a brilliant musician. I've known about him and listened to him for many years. He may not be one of the most famous bassists but he is definitely one of the most talented.