We have our own little heartbeat, too. We already have what I would call polyrhythms going on.

Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.

I believe in the mystery, and I don't want to take it any further than that. Maybe what I mean by that is love.

Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.

In your twenties, everything makes you crazy.

The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.

I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.

I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to see what the day will bring, how I will feed that passion.

Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of.

I don't play just one-two-three-four. I try to play melodies.

I've been a longtime supporter of all sorts of environmental groups.

If God sets your speed limit high, don't be afraid of your life-car being crashed.

You can't always save the ones you love from being hurt.

A great part of being human is the relentless quest for better.

If I call him back here, " Cooper whispered in her ear, "will you crawl up my body again?

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer

I'll never retire. The new millennium is the age of adventure as far as I am concerned. I'm going up a volcano and off into space.

Honestly, I don't go out of my way to see animated movies. I'm mostly influenced by.. the films I tend to like are the small films, small personal stories. With characters you can believe.

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce.

More and more people think of the critic as an indispensable middle man between writer and reader, and would no more read a book alone, if they could help it, than have a baby alone.

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.