This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new.

you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for

Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They were all phenomenal. Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn't mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it's just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns