I think that if people show up in jeans and chains, it's great that all parts of culture are interested in music. People forget sometimes that it's about the music, not how you act and dress.

I pick things up in different cities, so my wardrobe is kind of a souvenir chest.

I need to be able to play the music, and so I don't like to have intimidation be part of it.

I just want to work with people, so I always try to find a way to collaborate in the best way for the music.

Composers don't just sit in a room and write things that are in their heads, they actually listen to a lot of music, pop music, jazz, rock and roll, any combination of music that catches their ear.

The encore is the short piece after the program has finished, where the performer brings out something that the audience doesn't expect.

Life is directly proportional to happiness and sadness.

Compassion Enlivens us and enhances our immune system. The more we pour out, the more we find available. 

A murderer is a killer without a uniform.

Start slow, then taper off

If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

To say that the whole of the industrial experience of Europe and America just shows the rewards of exploiting the Third World is a gross simplification.

The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures.

It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason.

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

When God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.