But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.

Music is a great healer, a great diffuser of things like racism. It cuts through boundaries, and it's a very positive force in the world.

I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that.

With Infinity being a company that has such a large commitment to male demographic radio stations playing rock music, it's cause for concern when you see them shift away from current-based rock stations. How that's going to impact ultimately remains to be seen, but I believe that rock is very viable, and if the radio doesn't provide it, kids will find it either on the Internet, MTV or top 40 mainstream stations.

If music and sweet poetry agree.

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.