You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

One of the surprising discoveries of modern psychology is how easy it is to be ignorant of your own ignorance.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.

As long as there's been poetry, there have been lamentations.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

Once you're dead, you're made for life.

The continued existence of society depends upon private property.

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.

Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.

Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself.