For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.


I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.


Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.


If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.


The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.


If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.


If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.


Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.


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