I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.

History has repeated itself many times througout the ages.

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.

I try to do my absolute best for the people who come see me play.

I plan on doing a lot more work on my own, and discovering and doing more.

Knowing what to do with time is the key to being productive

We only serve God when we serve people

The greatest trick Christianity ever pulled was convincing the world that Satan exists.

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

School is a foretaste of life.

People who stop learning become the owners of the past. People who still continue to study will be the future owners.

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir.

As I passed alongside it, I prayed for a future in which the peoples of the Holy Land can live together in peace and harmony without the need for such instruments of security and separation

A man could rant and smash and grapple with the State Police, and still the sprinklers whirled at dusk on every lawn and the television droned in every living room.

Men's gender problems cause them a lot of suffering. There is a massive spiking suicide rate in middle age for men and a cultural attitude to male friendship that is destructive.