I tend to like people that are generous and give other people the benefit of the doubt.

You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more.

I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw.

Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not.