I think as a human being, if you can do something to impact someone's life, that's about the greatest accomplishment you can have.

A band is like a family. There's love and hate.

Have pride and entertainment. I think that a lot bands just don't know how to do it anymore or they lost interest in it or don't care and are just cashing a paycheck.

Music crosses cultures and language barriers and it makes people feel good.

Music is a potent energy force.

Just ask yourself what record you played over and over again when you were depressed or what record made you really happy? Those will never change and you should never be embarrassed by it.

People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways than just having a hit record on the radio.

I'm a blues guy and I listen to blues all the time and blues is timeless.

The longer you live, the longer you hear the repetitiveness of things. So, it's hard to get excited about new stuff.

If you're asking me have I purchased a CD, a DVD or downloaded a current artist? The answer is no.

You can create art that makes people feel better.

We are so sluggish in our mentality that we think the world's problems are not our business, that they have to be resolved by the United Nations or by substituting new leaders for the old.

Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it.

No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.

The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.

San Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.

I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters.

Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.

He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy.

I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.

There's Tommy, Tommy Lee the rock star, and Tommy the dad. I'm wearing several hats these days.