The closer you get to the source, the more you begin to understand its essential nature.

When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.

I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.

I have much clearer memories of my time in Egypt: songs on the radio, the rhythms that accompanied belly dancers, the sound of the adhan - the Muslim call to prayer. I just soaked it all up.

In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.

Sometimes language is not enough.

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

I think where you play is important.

I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.

I always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a point of reference for understanding the music I was listening to.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image.

We will continue to chase rainbows unless we recognize that they are rainbows and there is no pot of gold at the end of them

Capitalism sounds good in theory but it just doesn't work.

It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

If the reality is not ideal, resist and refuse the reality and change it no matter how strong it is!

The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.

Know that positive change is possible. It might not happen right away, but if you change your broadcast to them, that can have an effect on how they view the world.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not a public democratic organization; it's a private club basically. It's like a private golf club and they decide who they're going to let in the club.

Few people can fail to generate a self-healing process, when they become genuinely involved in healing others.