I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist.

I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

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

I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.

You don't have to look a certain way to have a hit record.

How I measure success is getting to make another record and being able to the come back to the same town and play again cause you sold out the last time.