Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.
Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?
You have to keep adapting to the times. If you kind of go with it, it can kind of fun.
Actually, I was having dinner with Michael [Stipe, of R.E.M.] when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
I realize I'm a mirror.
My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.