THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great musicians as it helped me to learn.

It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.

People often forget this - a vinyl album could only contain a maximum of 20 minutes per side!

Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.

When we were making vinyl records we had a lot of time limitations for each record so songs were left off for a number of reasons. Now, with CDs, much more music can be included.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

All of us would like for everybody to be the kind of person we want them to be.

Sacrifice - the future has it´s price, and today is only yesterday's tomorrow.

There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are often the simplest.

The only instance where five purely-negative words have had a highly positive, motivational impact, are Winston Churchill's "Never, Never, Never, Never Give-Up".

When men grow virtuous in their old age they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

I'm a huge fan of Big L. He is my favorite rapper.

You should seek approval from yourself.

I think, therefore I laugh.

I actually wanted to become a model agent, and went into what ended up becoming my first agency for a job interview. They ended up suggesting I model instead. I guess I sort of fell into it.

Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war.

It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.