I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.

Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

And the meek shall inherit the earth.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.

What's big, thick, makes the earth move, and wants to have its way with you?" "I don't know, but can you introduce me?

I wanted to be dead. No. That's not quite right. I didn't want to be dead, I just didn't want to be alive.

Two friends... let's put them place... they have never been in jail, give them a knife some reasonable conflicts some doubts and watch the effect.

Presumptions macerate mind.

Here we will solve with laws and dollars, problems that too many people around the world still must solve with violence and civil war.

Thank God for the day. Thank God for the morning. Won't take this here for granted; no, good Lord, I gots to get on it.

It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

People are telling me they're praying for me. They're proud of me. They're thankful for the things I've said in the mainstream media. I have to give the glory to God for that.

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