The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.

I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

Rock music seems to be very fragmented these days, I can't say that I ever really hear anything that just knocks me over.

I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.

At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.

Honor is the only thing that separates us from animals.

Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.

The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.

Financial institutions make us nervous when they're trying to do well.

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.

The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.

The morose one refuses to smile even when he has just had his teeth cleaned.

There are no mistakes in life, just learning opportunities.

The cynics are correct the sense of freewill is only that feeling which we have when we take the necessitated option that most appeals to us.