It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.

I think my favorite for music and spirit is Ray Gomez.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

Thinking before taking actions is useful only if you are going to take action, otherwise you are wasting time and insulting your mind.

Writing is an incurable psychological disease which only gets worse with writing.

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

It's called the Santa Claus effect; the holiday period is traditionally a strong cycle.

God is not about religion. Religion is a structure that should house our faith in God. Too often it is used to hurt other people in God's name.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

Foosball screwed up my perception of soccer. I though you had to kick the ball and then spin around and around. I can't do a back flip, much less several simultaneously with two other guys.

There is always one way to make anybody do anything - the trouble is to find it.

Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking and in forms they can comprehend.

I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it.