My heart's dark, but it's rising. I'm pulling all the faith I can see.

I can get onstage and cut that off and be superinstinctive. To be a good live performer, you have to be instinctive. It's like, to walk in the jungle, or to do anything where there's a certain tightrope wire aspect you need to be instinctive. And you have to be comfortable at it also.

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

Baby, this town rips the bones from our back it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We got to get out while we're young.

It doesn't matter what happened last night or the night - or tomorrow night. It's all about what you're doing with this audience right now.

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.