Zitat des Tages von Johnny Colt:
In an odd way, it is refreshing to be around people who aren't attention-starved and media-addicted.
One of the things about dealing with an artist is that their art is essentially - if they're successful, it's kind of lightning in a bottle. There is no formula for it.
Lead by examples, not words.
Some Lynyrd Skynyrd songs are literally the backdrop of America. Songs like 'Simple Man' and 'Free Bird' and 'Alabama.' I wasn't prepared for how emotional the crowd gets during the songs.
Rehab is one thing, but it takes years to get that attitude adjustment.
I was 8 years old when I started listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company and Led Zeppelin.
It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.
I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.
When I had a kid, it was a game changer.
While I was in India, my yoga teacher asked me to start teaching, and my life became about that for years. I taught 18 classes a week, therapeutics, and traveled to study with other teachers.
What else do you say to Medlocke, Rossington and Van Zant? We're talking Southern rock royalty. We're talking Lynyrd Skynyrd. The only thing out of my mouth was when and where!
I had left the music business and became a conflict journalist. The conflict journalism started for me in the Gulf and the oil spill. When Skynyrd needed a new bass player, they knew me from the Black Crowes.
When I left my band, I had to start over from scratch, and that's a scary place to go.
In a lot of ways, Nauru is something like a canary in a coal mine: It's a tiny place with more than its share of troubles, most of them the kind that might have been prevented.
If the Pacific took Nauru, it'd wash away one of the strangest and most troubled places on Earth.
Musically, what happened was this: I retired twice. I retired after The Black Crowes, and I retired after Brand New Immortals. Then, we started buying real estate, which really took up my time. I was busy. I was still teaching yoga, but I was mostly busy running business, and I was fine. I was happy.