Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.

I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month.

Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another.

I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball.

I always jump at the chance to mentor kids when it comes to music.

The trio is the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.

Music is science. Everything is science. Because science is truth.

I actually first picked up an ukulele before I picked up a guitar.

I love L.A. for the beach and stuff, thats the reason I live here.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

I really know so little about recording, and I'm learning as I go.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.

From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.

To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.

I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing.

Anytime I can use open strings in a chord, or add a ninth, I will.

Your solos should be as interesting as any other part of the song.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some very excellent women musicians.

Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

You have to be open, and being open is a daily challenge, I think.

Anybody with money can put on a KISS show, but they can't be KISS.

If we waited for a hit record to tour, we would never have toured.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

Everyone I know, including myself, has missed or lost an audition.

I have been using small teardrop jazz picks since I was, like, 14.

I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'

The record business has been so unpleasant and so bad for so long.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

Learn 2 chords and then get a good lawyer before learning the 3rd.

King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.

I think we're just one of those bands that we know what we do best.

I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot.

Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks.

Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.

My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, won't you play with my ding-a-ling.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

I love L.A. for the beach and stuff, that's the reason I live here.

I can't stand it when people get bullied or feel ugly or worthless.

I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!

To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

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