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In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.

What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

You're just a little too hip for the room. It's not good to be too hip because two hips make an ass.

For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level.

We always felt it helped during live shows to have multiple lead singers to give our voices a break.

I've been blessed to work with so many wonderful musicians and engineers and friends over the years.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul, you've got to run like an antelope out of control!

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

I've always had service-industry jobs, because those were the easiest to quit or take time off from.

Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.

All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.

As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don't watch it.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.

You know, music is sex. It's a sensual driving mode that affects people if it's played a certain way.

I started touring in 2006, and there was an agreement made for merchandise between my mom and myself.

To be in a band on the road is to have anything and everything you want just by picking up the phone.

No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

I play purely from the heart, y'know, and so if it doesn't work the first couple of hours, forget it.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.

It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.

I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.

The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.

I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.

There are no plans to do any more live stuff. I really feel like there's enough live shows out there.

Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be.

What I always expect to deliver to my audience is a very entertaining evening of singing and playing.

I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

The thing about Duran... that gives you the ability to bring all that opportunity back into your life.

That's just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular.

When it is possible that people don't understand my English, I take my guitar and speak with my music!

A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.

Generosity and kindness always feel good to give, and it never feels good to give grief or negativity.

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

It's probably listening to country music that got me to start playing a lot cleaner, not as distorted.

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