I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.

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.

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.

When all hopes are lost then the desire to believe in God is our belief.

Oh I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you do when you are not living.

Models have a sell-by date. There are certain jobs I don't do anymore, like the young, sexy, cute things for teenagers, or even 25-year-old girls. I go in a different bracket now.

I tend not to work with a specific person in mind. Art is a matter of statistics. It's not about individuals. It's about people.

If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.