Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.

There's so many amazing articles coming out all the time and because of the internet circulating great writing - even if the writers don't get paid enough most of the time, unfortunately - but there's never been a more amazing flow of information on all of the issues. I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do thes

I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.

I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.

We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.