Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life.

As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be like, "No, I don't have to."