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People get comfort from music. They get joy from it and understanding from it, and most of all, the average person can't do without it in some sense.

Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end.

I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it's an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.

One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.