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.

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.

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.

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.

A child today, an adult tomorrow.

It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.

Having children is something we think we ought to do because our parents did it, but when it is over the children are just other members of the human race, rather disappointingly.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature...these are God's means for restoring the sick to health.

Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.

A healthy mind always likes to adore others, elevate them. An unhealthy mind likes to pull everything down.

She might have melted a heart of stone, but nothing can melt a heart of wood.