For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

Risk is what separates the artist from the artisan.

Music was the medium through which knowledge was passed from generation to generation.