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.

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.

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.

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?

Hope turns the wheels of tomorrow's good fortune." From the Ace of Cups in Tarot D'Amour

Money is no good unless it contributes something to the community, unless it builds a bridge to a better life. Any man can make money, but it takes a special kind of man to use it responsibly.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

When people have supernatural beliefs I think they should be respected but there is no reason why they need to impose them on others.

I love improvisation.

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

Disney is a machine, and I'm grateful for it, but I feel like being part of that environment made me crave the reaction from other projects even more.

Suppose by chance you do get picked up. What have you done? You shot a horse; that isn't first degree murder; in fact, it isn't even murder; in fact, I don't know what it is.

If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office.