"Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity."

"Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor."

"Maybe I'm just a psycho, and the stage is a better place to go than either the loony bin or somewhere else."

"The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority."

"Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do."

"I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people."

"Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating."

"We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope."