The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

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.

I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares.

To get here had been painful, but for once in my life I felt free.

They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits

Material wealth don’t just come and go, they come to stay as long as the virtues remain in the fabric of a nation

I grew up doing musical theater.

The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.

Health care amounts to l4% of our GNP-a lot of money. It is the size of the Italian economy. And the president turned it over to his wife.

Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

I believe that I am some sort of fiction writer and I'm using myself in my work because I'm the person I'm most convenient to use!