Ive always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.

Rock'n'roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community.

The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.

The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate dictatorship represented by, and beholden to, no single human being you can reason with or hold responsible for anything.

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen.

You have to love what you're doing in order to find the energy.

Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.