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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

I used to think that all great recordings happened at about 3 A.M.

The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.

Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.

When we play 'Angel of Death', it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end.

The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.

When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.'

All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music.

Two hours onstage... that's the best part because it makes it all worth it.