Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

For me, drum elements are like hieroglyphics - I think of a certain physical figure, and a little three-dimensional glyph will appear in my mind as I'm playing.

There's a new reality born every minute. Unless one is a believer in predestination (in which case I'll call the prestidigitator), or other puppet-like restraints on our powers, one is free to imagine and effect changes on the world. And if enough people do it, there are big changes. These things happen. Anything can.

People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.

I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.

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.

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later.