The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Take a walk on the wild side.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Despite all the other factors that had contributed to my fate, in the end it was my decision that destroyed my life. And all the hurt I was enduring now was my doing. The blame rested solely with me.

Experience which destroys innocence also leads one back to it.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.

Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an ecosystem.

Love and serve the world through your work.

I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.