In Japan they're definitely more over the top. They had four Boogie stacks and 20 guitars. But otherwise it's pretty much the same thing, except there's a translator. It's really nice.

Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.

Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.

I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Everyone had a guitar strapped to their back.

You try to play the song better than you had before.

Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.

If someone is feeling out of sorts or detached it's a great time to bring them in and restate why we are here and what we are trying to do.

We're always in that head space about the audience and less about us at that moment.

I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader.

I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.

Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.

Forgiveness is the way we break the grip that long-held resentments have on our hearts.

The more time I spent with him, the more I knew the feelings weren't going away.

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things.

As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.

In the most advanced state of love we don't love for any reason or purpose. We don't even direct our love necessarily to an object.

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired.