I Walked Away A Little Disheartened, Thinking,

...for The First Time In My Life, A Voice Went Off In My Head:'you Have No Power Over What Happens In Your Life. Drugs Dictate Exactly What You're Going To Do. You've Taken Your Hands Off The Steering Wheel, And You're Going Wherever The Drug World Takes You.' That Had Never Changed. The Feeling Would Well Up Inside Of Me, And No Matter How Much I Loved My Girl Or My Band Or My Friends Or My Family, When That Siren Song 'go Get High Now' Started Playing In My Head, I Was Off.

Music Itself Was Color-blind But The Media And The Radio Stations Segregate It Based On Their Perceptions Of The Artists.

Once I Opened My Mind To The Concept Of A Greater Power, I Never Struggled With It. Everywhere I Went, I Felt And Saw The Existence Of A Creative Intelligence In This Universe, Of A Loving Power Larger Than Myself In Nature, In People, Everywhere.

When We Get Together To Rehearse, We Could Write Music Together All Day Long - Good Music.

Writing Music Always Happened For Me In Periods When I Wasn't Under The Influence Of Mind-altering Substance.