No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned

When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.

Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling, while the empty churches' bells are pealing. And the green hills lay ignored, untended, lonely watchers remain unbefriended.

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.

Like so many addicts, I'd thought that if I could only sort out my life, I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around

Beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real.

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.