How do you stop somebody from growing?

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

My first joint I smoked onstage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I smoked my first joint live.

When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

I can't do anything but play guitar.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

It has been said that a man with an argument is no match for a man with an experience.

Those who think their intellect will keep them from deception are already deceived.

Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare.

I wanted to take part in the liberation of even a small piece of enslaved Latin America.

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

My vision is a future for humanity where we will be completely free to pursue activities outside of our planet.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

I think sometimes there's a lot of subliminal messaging in everything.