To all the people that he hurt, I'm not - I can't be an apologist for David Koresh, but I feel for people that have had negative experiences at the hands of David. Let me put it that way. I think about those people, whether I agree with them on every point or not. Everyone has a right to their experience.

David Thibodeau

I went into Guitar Center, and David Koresh and Steven Schneider were looking at a drum set, and they asked me to play it. They handed me their card, which said, 'Messiah Productions.' All this religious scripture was written on the back. The last thing I wanted was to join any kind of Christian band.

David Thibodeau

I went to L.A. to be a drummer in a band.

David Thibodeau

Koresh believed that God had a plan that would go contrary to any human planning.

David Thibodeau

Mount Carmel was a very monastic place. We lived in another time - an easier time, a better time. We didn't have running water or most modern conveniences. But in a lot of ways, it was a very satisfying life.

David Thibodeau

It's not my job to convince people that Koresh was the final messenger or had this final message.

David Thibodeau

I want to reach the Mr. Joneses and Mrs. Smiths who wouldn't give Waco a second thought.

David Thibodeau

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

David Thibodeau

Guys dropped their families and followed Him... When I read of Christ and the Apostles, I see mind control at work to an extent.

David Thibodeau

Koresh certainly was guilty of something.

David Thibodeau

To all the people that he hurt, I'm not - I can't be an apologist for David Koresh, but I feel for people that have had negative experiences at the hands of David. Let me put it that way. I think about those people, whether I agree with them on every point or not. Everyone has a right to their experience.

David Thibodeau

What greater insult can you give God than to take your own life?

David Thibodeau

The meek and the humble died at Mt. Carmel. And the strong and the arrogant - the FBI and the ATF - lived.

David Thibodeau

I'd love to believe in my government so I could trust law enforcement people again. I don't have that belief any more.

David Thibodeau

I challenge any American family to think about what they would do if they were invaded by a hostile force. If tanks pulled up outside their house, and there were armed men inside, would they send their kids out? A lot of Americans would fight that to the end.

David Thibodeau

I don't believe we're meant to just die and go to nothing.

David Thibodeau

Everyone should be talking to each other to find out why they have the views that they do instead of just getting on Facebook and yelling at each other. Nobody really, really talks. They don't listen.

David Thibodeau

No matter what you think of David Koresh or the people that died there, they died for what they believed in. And that's more than I can say for a lot of people.

David Thibodeau

I was a drummer living in Los Angeles in 1990. I had finished music school and was playing with a band. It wasn't going as well as it should have been.

David Thibodeau

I think law enforcement should respect their undercover agents and listen to what they have to say.

David Thibodeau