You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.

I think my favorite for music and spirit is Ray Gomez.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

Once she kissed me, my heart slowed, and every muscle in my body relaxed. How much I needed her terrified me. -pg 252/ARC

..the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.

A story. This was the key to immortality. The things that made kings quiver and deities distrustful: Nothing but a tale.

Shopping in the right kind of stores and looking for healthier foods can be a wonderful adventure to health.

I am the escaped one, After I was born They locked me up inside me But I left. My soul seeks me, Through hills and valley, I hope my soul Never finds me.

We need to figure how to defend higher education as a public good. If we can't do that, we're in trouble.

Wisdom eludes me yet, but foolishness I captured long ago and to this day it is my constant companion, though many people consider me wise.

I do a great deal of research, especially in the apartments of tall blondes.

I was always a lover of soft-winged things.

Those things which now seem frivolous and slight, Will be of serious consequence to you, When they have made you once ridiculous.