It’s important to me that people hear my music on its own merit and not in relation to another project I’ve done. Ultimately, the music has its own energy and message and stands on its own.

Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you end up finding and inventing however you want to play it.

There are famous examples of people who just had really strange ways - [Jimi] Hendrix being the biggest example of that. Or someone like Keith Richards, he just has a really idiosyncratic style.

In a way it's the emotional feeling that you get in a good rock song or folk song, there's just nothing that rivals that.

American politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways.

A great painting is something that you can come back to again and again.

We all belong to the holiness of our eternal soul.

I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.

It's so nice to share a day as beautiful as this one with hundreds of thousands of reckless drivers.

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold.

My voice, I'm blessed to have it.

He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.

One long step there and you're gonna die.

The answer is surprisingly simple. Just do right. Live an honorable life.

The Beloved is with you in the midst of your seeking! He holds your hand wherever you wander.