In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.

That was the hard part of having kids: trying to be on their schedule, then fighting to get to sleep while they are sleeping.

I think everybody should get married. Boys and girls. Girls and boys. Boys and boys! Girls and girls! Shouldn't we all be entitled to a family-Civil rights baby it's civil rights. It doesn't get any better here in Berkeley I'll tell you that.

It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.

Never run in the rain with your socks on.