I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

The mind cannot live in nature, only against nature, only as its counterpart.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

[Barack] Obama is the great divider, he has totally used race. And it should have been the other way around. He had an opportunity to unify and he didn't do that.

Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.

She's been through growing up without a mother & makes my heart all of a sudden.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo.