And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made.

Scholz has been involved in a number of lawsuits surrounding lead singer Brad Delp's suicide. Additionally Scholz sued Delp's former wife Micki claiming that Tom Scholz defamed him in statements that Tom Scholz made to the Herald after Delp's death. Musical success hiatus and return
Scholz had a keen interest in music and began recording demos in his home studio while working at Polaroid.

He has been described by Allmusic as "a notoriously 'un-rock n' roll' figure who never enjoyed the limelight of being a performer" preferring to concentrate almost exclusively on his music and in more recent years spending much of his time working with charities. Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz (born March 10 1947) is an American rock musician inventor and philanthropist best known as the founder of the band Boston.