Fear, she's the mother of violence.

Whenever we defend democracy we find oil.

Music is a spiritual doorway its power comes from the fact that it plugs directly into the soul, unlike a lot of visual art or textual information that has to go through the more filtering processes of the brain.

I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.

Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.

There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.

Yeah, in the digital world, it is so much easier to put stuff out without a great deal of paraphernalia and fanfare.