I've always tried to listen to a lot of different music from around the world.

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

Corporatization is the descendant of industrialization.

Harout Pamboukjian is one of the biggest Armenian folk singers in the world. In the '70s, he was making these records that were really Zeppelin-influenced.

If you're using live bass versus orchestral bass, you've got to make sure that you're not stepping on the toes of the other elements, so you've got to balance it out.

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985.

I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.