He was depressed. He was addicted to heroin. And I think there comes a time when all the beauty in the world just isn’t enough.
For thirty minutes I sat back and felt the glimmer of pride that historically precedes the most catastrophic falls.
...bands fall out. But at the end of the day, they're like family. You get back together because you have to, because you're stronger together than you are apart.
Music. It’s not about those things. It’s about a feeling. It’s about expressing yourself. It’s about letting go.
They need to practice harder," he said. 'If they're really going to do this, they need to work harder.' 'They will," I assured him. 'But they got better, right?' Baz laughed. 'Are you going to stand in front of them during their gigs too? If so, make...
Not at all. It's why people come. They say it's about looking smart, or beautiful, or professional, but it's not. Gray-haired ladies try to recapture their former brunette. Brunettes want to go blond. Other women go for colors that don't arise in nat...
How did he keep playing when money got really tight, and there was no more food in the house? How did he play on when it became clear he was flunking out of school? Was music really enough when the whole world seemed to be collapsing around him? Or w...
Don't worry about wanting to change; start worrying when you don't feel like changing anymore. And in the meantime, enjoy every version of yourself you ever meet, because not everybody who discovers their true identity likes what they find.
I felt every part of that animal music, felt it eat me up and spit me out, and what emerged was a me a thousand times more powerful than Piper Vaughan. I was Piper Vaughan, guitar hero - spiritual descendant of Jimi Hendrix and proponent of pure anar...
Realizing you're completely unique... even in a crowd
