I've been an amature inventor for a long time.

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

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

In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself.

Who am I to say that these things might nit be forever? Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary?

They don't know the distinction between taking care of a child and raising a child.

I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.

commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test.

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

The spine is best at bearing a load in an arch

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community.