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 think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

Technology changes nothing.

I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.

Probably the deepest use of music and of art is to create conscience.