Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.

It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I've come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.