I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all.

Good rock music always tends to be around.

Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.

My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.

I think that things happen for a reason.

What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future.

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.

Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way.

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

People become concerned with being more humble than other people.

If there were several ways to dwell with a perfect God, God wouldn't have had to leave His glory, entering a dead world to save us.

I just know that I don't want cheating. I refuse. I deepened myself but I don't believe in myself because my thought is invented.

When we are forced to endure what we cannot endure, something breaks inside our minds. That broken-mindedness is commonly called trauma.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

There are times of great beauty on a coffee farm. When the plantation flowered in the beginning of the rains, it was a radiant sight, like a cloud of chalk, in the mist of the drizzling rain.

There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.