If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I've some news for you, we're here to defend wealth.

A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

I don't mind being labeled as a political songwriter. I've chosen to do that. What really annoys me is being dismissed as a political songwriter. That really pains me, because life isn't all about love; it's not all about politics, either. It's a beautiful mixture of events that absolutely baffle you, and you think, "Why can't I do something about that?", whether those events are in your bedroom, or out there in the wide world. In our daily lives we engage with them at different times, and I'm trying to write about the whole human experience, or my perspective on it anyway.

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I'm not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing. You can have an argument with someone who's a sceptic. When I say 'cynic', I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.

You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.