Pastoral Resources

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.

I've never worried about how long the song is.

I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.

I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.

I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years.

My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way.

There's a picture of Christopher and the real Ken Titus and myself in my dressing room. He's a great guy, by the way. I just think the real Ken is just super. And he's so happy for his son's success.

I have two delightful sons, who I love dearly.

If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.