The world is full of Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.

This is your here, this is your now, let it be magical!

The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.

My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

If you listen to fools... The Mob Rules!

For every moment of truth, there's confusion in life

Love can be seen as the answer, but nobody bleeds for the dancer

It is just that heavy metal musicians write in minor keys, and when you do that, you frighten people.

Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life.

I always wanted to be a basketball player.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards – Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.

All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.

We learn to do something by doing it.There is no other way.

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

People only disappear when they have somewhere to go

Suffering for eight hours...the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.

Today Facebook went public, just as Myspace's last user went private.

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the Republicans live off the Democrats.