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.

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.

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.

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.

Perhaps the Allies will engage in some trickery. A diversionary landing, perhaps as you yourself have suggested, my Fuhrer. But the real strike will come here. At Calais.

No man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to offer.

A genuine free enterprise system, without state-enforced artificial scarcities, artificial property rights or subsidies, would be like dynamite at the foundations of corporate power.

Art is both creation and recreation.

Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.

The salability of an item can often be improved while the value itself remains unchanged.

I'm 47, my girlfriend's 33; she's 14 years younger than me: Back of the net!

Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.