There's so much interaction between the crowd and the music that it's an incredible moment to be a part of.

I can't think of anybody we toured with that had more impact on us than Queen.

If you're learning a new instrument, have fun.

I would go see local bands play, and noticed how many girls were there to see the band, and that's what inspired me.

We [ The Kansas]'re somewhat hard-pressed at this time to imagine any bands that'll be around 40 years from now (and that's our personal opinion).

When we were starting out, there was no "label" as progressive rock - it didn't exist ... so we were just a rock band.

I don't enjoy "Dust in the Wind"as much. But I do enjoy "Song for America," "Carry on, Wayward Son," and many songs- Kansas is really a drummer's dream to play in. And I like 'em all.

We actually had a Kansa band softball team.

I've learned a long time ago to never say never about the band Kansas.

Men with Honor are not killed by swords, they die of Shame.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Dark, primitive magic. Swords Against Death.

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.

Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?

The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.

Eternity manifests itself in endless ways on endless planes of existence that they call lokas, other dimensions...worlds within worlds.

That is the ultimate synthesis - when Zorba becomes a Buddha. I am trying to create here not Zorba the Greek but Zorba the Buddha.

Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.

In mathematics, two angles that are said to coincide fit together perfectly. The word "coincidence" does not describe luck or mistakes. It describes that which fits together perfectly.