I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.

I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

Times change and you have to adapt.

Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.

Not anymore, though, " he said. "And I guess that's the one perk of loving a dead girl. She never changes.

we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.

Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.

Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?

Obama and his allies are promoting a medical system that is the third leading cause of death in America. It's that stark and it's that simple.

Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.

We can reproduce within our own minds the way that the world is put together for other people. This is the extraordinary privilege and adventure of anthropology.

It is our responsibility to help wildlife adapt to a changing climate.

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.