Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

No, but I’ve always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don’t take my fans for granted.

You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.

In our relationship, we don’t have that situation. I don’t require what he needs, and he doesn’t require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about.

I’ve always looked for the perfect life to step into.

When everyone goes home, you’re stuck with yourself.

I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids’ show.

It is my job to make sure that these kids who are talented get every chance they can and not to be passed over; this is life or death for them.

I wasn’t afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I’d get a notion in my mind and just follow it.

It’s nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.

My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I’m not about trying to be out here fighting and shooting, stabbing and, you know, all that crap, man.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

It’s easy to get four days a week of training in and I don’t spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym.

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

But I don’t really like to discuss Phil anymore.

People know who you are when you’ve never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you’ve never seen them before. It’s really different, but it’s...

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn’t hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

Later in the public schools of Philadelphia, where I was born, music was a very strong pervasive element, which struck me with great force.

After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.

That’s why for Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it’s white. There’s no in-between.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.

Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.

I got to meet some of the best people I’ve ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.

They’re paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.

But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I’m not going to go to bed hungry, I’m not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.

I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the...

I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience.

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him.

I’m a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

If somebody would come and they’re not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn’t really appreciate country music until I went there.

Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn’t dare play this kind of music. They would never play a record where only two minutes...

I can conduct better than I count.

Man, they gave me a key to the city. Can you imagine going back to Indiana and getting the key to the city? So that made me feel pretty good.

It wasn’t until my last year of college, 1976, that I decided well, maybe he’s right. Delbert had been pushing me since high school to put 100% into my music.

I don’t do any vulgar movements.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

I became unsure about the future, in terms of my career. I was living in a remote location contemplating other kinds of work, not only in music.

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

People see Eddie for 20 seconds at the Grammys and think, Goddamn, he must be like this all the time. I feel sorry for his friends.

I’m lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only...

In Tim’s films the tone is the most important thing that the score can do. In any unusual film, finding the tone makes such a big difference.

If you put all the songs together that I’ve written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there’s definitely a different kind of feel than Billy’s songs.

Well, I had a fiddle that I really can’t play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he’s from another planet.