If you're not enjoying yourself, you can't really look as if you are.

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought.

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career.

Yeah, but on the U.S Tour we threw a new song into the set almost every night. Ofcourse, you can't do too many new songs every night as they've never heard it.

You can have a bad day, but as soon as you set foot on that stage it's joyous.

It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in my case Judas Priest. You could tackle musical areas and lyrical areas that wouldn't be appropriate for Priest.

But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?

There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.

The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.

I've got the luxury to tailor make the songs so I can sing them.

Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never do. We always put a lot of thought into the way that we are going to go, and we always change.

I'm a married man and I've got two children, and you have to do sacrifices.

And because of the reunion I think we've got more energy and enthusiasm than we've ever had. And it's genuine. I think the fans can detect when you're genuine, when you love what you do, and we love to be there on stage. That's what we thrive on.

If you're not enjoying yourself, you can't really look as if you are.

I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.

A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense it.

I have a lot to do with the writing, and also the production, but it would be wrong of me to say that I'm the most important member of the band, because everybody is important the way I see it.

Yes, we are fortunate because as a band we've always been on the up, always getting more successful.

And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of.

Though we live in the world, we must not be of the world.

Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.

Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them.

When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.

One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to turn the job over to the United Nations.

When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted to be like Ali. I wanted to have my own Nicki shuffle and everything.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

The stuff coming out of Silicon Valley is dorky. Like, it's not very sexy.

The fact that in America bread lasts so long. You buy bread, and then it's bread forever - it's Forever Bread!

I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like?

In order to conquer what we need is to dare still to dare and always to dare.

Responsibility demands action, and dealing with the immediate threat must naturally be a top priority.

I never thought I'd say this, what Obama needs in his personality is a little George Bush.

China... has the capacity to ensure its stability and growth.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects and discovering the weaknesses of others.

We keep waiting for the American people to wake up, and they keep hitting the snooze bar. But something, folks, someday, will wake them up. Of that I'm confident.

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.

He who has two languages has two souls.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.