Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems.

You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name on an actual record was such an incredible feeling.

Someone once asked me, 'How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, 'With both hands, of course...'

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

Bring forward what is true. Write it so that it is clear. Defend it to your last breath.

Be blessed.

And kindness is a weakness. I can see that now. But it's a weakness I'm still not sure I'd want to give up entirely .

Honesty, like any inclination, can become a ruling passion, a monomania almost.

O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages.

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

If you do not speak to your teens about the meaning of human sexuality and love, the world will fill the void of your silence with a very contrary message.

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

We're sitting in the dark willing to sell our souls for another peppermint with enough uranium to give a terrorist a wet dream. - Diana

God alert!" Blackjack yelled. "It's the wine dude! Mr. D sighed in exasperation. "The next person, or horse, who calls me the 'wine dude' will end up in a bottle of Merlot!