[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole head trip.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along.

In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.

I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just don't know about.