I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.

Without passion, the earth will be full of hollow bodies devoid of love, relationship, religion, art, science and technology

It's harder to maintain that internet kind of fame. It requires daily work, as opposed to a movie star who can make a movie once every two years and stay in the public eye. I respect it.

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.

It's all a big old chain. There isn't one unconnected link.

I feel so blessed, and God has been so good to me.

If you're scared of dying you better not be scared to live.

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.

More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.