I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.

I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.

If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.

When we really see each other, we want to help each other.

When you cannot joke about the darkness of life, that’s when the darkness takes over.

I want to live in a world where Miley (or any female musician) can twerk wildly at 20, wear a full-cover floral hippie mumu at 37, show up at 47 in see-through latex, and pose semi-naked, like Keith & co, on the cover of Rolling Stone at 57 and be APPLAUDED for being so comfortable with her body.

Everyone I know shares toothbrushes. Everyone I know sleeps on each other's floor. Everyone I know uses what they've got and shares what they've got.