I work pretty hard, and struggle, and things are hard, but the most important thing to remember is that I have beautiful children that I love, and I love them.

Gathering of the Vibes is a gathering of the elders, a gathering of the youth, a gathering of family

My driving career is low, but musically, it's all pretty high. It's a test of patience, takes forever, but I guess that's the nature of the thing of life. I'm glad to be living the musical life.

I was rescued from being a greaser by music.

I just like being in a place where there are lots of people playing. You might get to spend a minute, or collaborate.

Travel in car, because you can stop. Air travel any more is a nightmare. I think it's the same for everyone. If I have a choice to stand in line to get x-rayed, or see scenery, I'll take scenery.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Heroes are higher than their vulnerability that is why they are heroes.

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

I was listening to a lot of Norwegian black metal and death metal. There's a great history to Norwegian black metal. That music is very dark and violent, but it's also beautiful.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

I want us to heal America and bring it together because that's, I think, the best way for us to get the future that our children and our grandchildren deserve.

All you need is a double barrel

Doing the same thing day in, day out. It's just so boring. I like to jump from different things.

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

Whatever I did lyrically or vocally, just to try and get better at everything.