Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.
The space within becomes the reality of the building.
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.
If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling.
I would not want to write something about something I do not think about.
I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started.
I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now.
I hooked up everybody in Sidney, including one guy who was blind.
We were with Frank as part of his very last tour.
My guilty pleasure, to be frank with you, is 'The Monkees.'
Making every record is a process full of tough times.
It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.
One day you are happy and laughing and the next you are crying.
