I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.

Music is the one thing that has been consistently there for me. It hasn’t let me down.

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

I can communicate far better on a guitar than I can through my mouth.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on 'Reelin' In The Years'.

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.

I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.

The greatest satisfaction is not the decoration. It is knowing that I am able to help someone who needs help.

There I lay, wearing dead people as armor against death.

There’s been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it.

I am going to give my psychoanalyst one more year then I'm going to Lourdes.

Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without belief in the spirit.

When you have given yourself to Christ, leave yourself there, and go about your work as a child in His household.

We are already too dependent on gambling revenue. If we continue, we will soon be owned by them.

My routine is get up, have a cup of coffee, make a shake, have a workout, go walk the dog.

The stereotypical rock-star-trashing-a-hotel-room thing? Those days had passed by the time I was in a band big enough to do it.

Our whole society's a training ground for addicts.