I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.

I think my favorite for music and spirit is Ray Gomez.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

To Senor Sempere, the best friend a book could ever have: you opened the doors to the world for me and showed me how to go through them.

Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.

The beast way of avoiding mistakes is doing nothing

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.

I was an only child. And it's very much my temperament. I remember playing with a piece of string in my room for hours. I had never thought about what it would be like to have siblings.

Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933.

Framing the issue of work-life balance - as if the two were dramatically opposed - practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?

The world is in balance . To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

The common curse of mankind, folly, ignorance and stupidity.