Music should be an elective experience. You should go, "I'm going to sit down and listen to some Beethoven, by God," and then you get to hear it.

Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.

The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning.

In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.

I think musicians are always supportive of each other because they want the groove to keep going on. They just basically want to play music.

Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.