The situation with Tibet has to change. China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces. That has to collapse. It's the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

If we keep bombing other people, that creates more anger. Tensions keep escalating.

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have. All of it has an effect.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.

That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.