Mr. Greed, why do you have to own everything that you see?

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.

There's a bad moon on the rise.

I was deluding myself that the song was almost not important, but I think the real thing that was happening was almost like self-hypnosis or mediation. The guitar lick was the transcendental key that unlocked my brain. It freed me. And then it all became easy. It's funny now, because I've had times when it wasn't easy.

Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is just not as good because you feel so bad. I've heard of people right on the verge of suicide coming up with some of their best work. I wish I could think of an example, other than Van Gogh, perhaps!