We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

You know, I had the ability like a catalyst to really get everybody hyped up.

I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.

Mr. Fantasy was the only song that was scribbling on a piece of paper.

If you take the time away, you take the character away.

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.

I think you do better when you are really up for it, cause passion goes up.

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

You have to have a strong title. It's got to say something.

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.

I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible.

Absolutely nothing visible to the eye provides a reason for or even evidence of those terrifying shifts which can in a matter of moments reconstitute a simple path into an extremely complicated one.

I did not get an opportunity to die for the country, but I have got an opportunity to live for the country.

I am really dedicated to understanding the planet/creature on which we live and know that means I must go beneath the sea to see 72 percent of what is going on.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.

You can't rob a bank on charm and personality.