I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.

I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.

No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights.

Popular music sucks so bad right now.

Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be.

Learning and reading will enrich your life with wisdom for living.

Wouldn’t this old world be better If the folks we meet would say: ‘I know something good about you, ’ And then treat us that way?

God isn't here. God doesn't even know about this place

People can hurt you, but you can still love.People can betray you, but you can still trust.People can put you down, but you can still rise.People can oppose you, but you can still prevail.

Most of us don't win instantly.Instant wins usually don't last.Real wins come slow.Real wins don't come easy, But they do come.And when we win, It is extraordinary!

Global education is something that is important for me. Because I believe that our future is going to be built by our young generation.

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

Usually when I go to the Summer Exhibition, I think every room is too much the same, and I loose my capacity to look at individual works.

With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have.