I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.

Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.

The way people come into your life when you need them, it's wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It's like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.

I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

Every advance in knowledge and technique is matched by a new kind of death, a new strain. Death adapts, like a viral agent.

We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell

The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past.

I hadn't thought that I was generally a pack rat, but it turns out I am.

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

I would not say that George Bush doesn't care about people at all. I think that his loyalties are to the upper class.

If that makes your lawyers or managers happy, well, good for them. You still have a lot to worry about.

I think good actors tend to be really funny.