I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

If we'd had another carefree 70s, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you know? I don't know how carefree they were for me, I think I was worried then, I can't remember what about.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me.

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

You keep wondering whether people will see that Barack Obama is a liar and not very bright.

Short people got no reason to live.

Whether it is your body, your mind, or the world – the idea of keeping a distance from it is to have a better perspective of everything.

Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Stupidity is actually in a way the mark of intelligence - if you're not doing stupid things that defy logic you're probably not taking enough risks.

Never think any oldish thoughts. It's oldish thoughts that make a person old.

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

With a heavy load and a long journey

I think of the inner voice as a compass or as a wayshower to guide our path.

I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.

Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery.