If you want to know how important Portland is to me, there's no Saturday night gigs here. They weren't available. So our whole thing coming into Portland, which is going to be different from anybody else, any other city, is every night is Saturday night.

Music keeps you eternally young. It just does. What I love about it now is touring without the guilt. Now it's like nothing is being held back. You get to eat mashed potatoes with both hands instead of one. It's fantastic.

The human spirit: Unbreakable. Relentless. Free.

Listen not to the critics who put their own dreams on the shelf.

I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.

Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.