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

Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn't be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.

We've heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh. All the things about 'the ugly American' that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it's all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

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

War what is it good for? It's good for business.

If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won't just say 'I never said that' or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.