Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front.

I am always interested in an opportunity to learn something.

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.

I'm a liar. I'll rip your mind up. I'll burn your soul, I'll turn you in to me.

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

I think that humans have a huge capacity to carry pain and sadness. There are things that haunt us our entire lives; we are unable to let them go. The good times seem almost effervescent and dreamlike in comparison with the times that didn't go so well.