Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

It's good to be able to deal with it [anger] somehow other than drinking, fighting, crashing cars, hitting your kid, your wife, your husband, your whatever. Paintbrushes, pens, movie cameras, guitars, microphones, typewriters -- these are good things. Weights. These are positive ways, good ways to deal with anger, frustration, alienation, rage. 'Cause all the other ways do nothing but hurt people.

I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves.

I don't believe it mattered to Timothy McVeigh who was president or who his congressional representative was when he blew up the Murrah Building in 1995.

As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious

Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things.

I can die anytime I want. I wish I could do the same with life.