Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.

Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.

[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom.

If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they're much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they're about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.

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

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.