I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.

Rock music seems to be very fragmented these days, I can't say that I ever really hear anything that just knocks me over.

I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.

At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

The petite bourgeoise and small property in general represent a precious zone of autonomy and freedom in state systems increasingly dominated by large public and private bureaucracies.

This isn't a place for lies or pretending everything's all right. We know everything is not all right. If it were, you wouldn't be here. Now. Where did you go?

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

There is nothing better than a laugh in life. There just isn't.

I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.

Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful.

The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.

I believe that to some degree there are situational and psychological laws of cause-and-effect, but I don't believe there's some Über-soul who doles out "justice."

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I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.