I'm just thrilled and kind of honored that I still get the chance to do what I love, because that really is the definition of success.

I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.

If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive.

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

Being real is what is important.

Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.

I hope to incorporate more variety of beats, more syncopation. It becomes very easy to play straight beats; straight rock is alluring.

I was very emotional. I cried when I got into the locker room. I didn’t want to show that stuff on the sideline.

Barbara Ehrenreich is smart, provocative, funny, and sane in a world that needs more of all four.

I still believe I'm the best player. That's what keeps me going.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

When you've tasted excess, everything else tastes bland.

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

You really do kind of learn a lot about a person when you watch and listen to the songs that mean something to them.