"Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent."

"Continual improvement is an unending journey."

"When the Black Camel comes for me, I'm not going to go kicking and screaming. I am, however, going to try to talk my way out of it. 'No, no, you want the other Walter Slovotsky.'"

"In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, it's often useful to have a nice, solid piece of wood in your hands."

"If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like."

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions."

"All of the significant battles are waged within the self."

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."

"Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, He must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, Must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?"

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past."

"In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time."

"America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant."