I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band.

We have nine hungry Rottweilers on the farm.

I ain't quiet.. everybody else is too loud.

I'm only interested in heavy metal when it's me who's playing it. I suppose it's a bit like smelling your own farts.

I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add.

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

The Netherlands are wet, flat and full of stoned people.

I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.

I deep sea fish a lot.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

When God gives you a dream, He provide heavenly resources to fulfill the dream.

He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

They’re dogs. Never trust a man. Even when he’s dead. Especially when he’s dead. — Bats 2015

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.

One of these days I'm going to say the wrong thing to the wrong mage, and I'll be spending the rest of my days searching for Mrs Right Toad.

There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.

I know not every song has to be a powerful message.

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.