Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.

I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.

Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you.

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.