Right now, America is under the gun. It's being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

In my own musical existence I don't feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician. Playing in a group, I'm tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That's just me getting older. I'm not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.

I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.

It's odd that there is a high level of appreciation of nature. There is the aesthetic side that really loves nature and beauty.

The pursuit of happiness is such a large of concept.

There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.